haiku
Use Haiku in a sentence
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haiku or hokku (ˈhaɪkuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ku | |
| an epigrammatic Japanese verse form in 17 syllables | |
| [from Japanese, from hai amusement + ku verse] | |
| hokku or hokku | |
| —n | |
| [from Japanese, from hai amusement + ku verse] | |
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Haiku
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
haiku
1899, from Japanese, where it is singular of haikai, in haikai no renga "jesting linked-verse;" originally a succession of haiku linked together into one poem. The form developed mid-16c.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
haiku [(heye-kooh)]A form of Japanese poetry. A haiku expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
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Example sentences
If you are between a couplet and haiku, you can send unlimited entries.
Print each haiku on chart paper and read it aloud, running your fingers beneath the print as you go.
He was fascinated by the haiku of taxicab communication-the way drivers and dispatchers succinctly convey locations by radio.
Edge has put together a set of the haiku master is embedded silently within the haiku.
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