Noun

1. A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
2. A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

   Haiku, a poem

   five beats, then seven, then five

   ends as it began.

3. A short poem in the style of a translation of a Japanese haiku.
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     Noun

     
     
     
     1. A puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke); often used in plural in this sense.
     2. A puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of smoke (small quantity of smoke in the air).
        • Ilmassa on vähän haikua.
          • There's a whiff of smoke in the air.
     3. smoke
        • Tänne ihminen katoaa huomaamattomaksi, kuin tuo nuotion mitätön haiku iltataivaalle.
          • Here a man vanishes into nothingness, like that tiny strand of smoke from the campfire to the evening sky.
     
     

     Noun

     
     
     
     1. A haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style).