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English > 1 sense of the word clerihew:
NOUNcommunicationclerihewa witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person
English > clerihew: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person.
Example"'The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew"
Broaderverse, rhymeA piece of poetry