consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.-pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. see lambus.-an iambic foot; an iambus.-a verse composed of iambic feet.-a satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.