Merry-go-round

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Merry-go-round \Mer"ry-go`-round"\, n.
     Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a
     group of seats in the shape of hobbyhorses or other fanciful
     animals, arranged in a circle on a platform that is rotated
     by a mechanical drive, often to the accompaniment of music;
     the seats often move up and down in synchrony with the


     rotation; -- called also {carousel}. It is employed primarily
     for the amusement of children, and is typically found at an
     amusement park.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  merry-go-round
       n 1: a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially
            when they seem to have little purpose); "if we lose the
            election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have
            to start over"
       2: large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride
          on [syn: {carousel}, {carrousel}, {roundabout}, {whirligig}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "merry-go-round":
     Ferris wheel, carousel, chute-the-chutes, chutes, disk,
     flying horses, mad round, roller, roller coaster, rolling stone,
     rotator, rotor, round of pleasure, roundabout, rundle, seesaw,
     swing, teeter-totter, the dizzy rounds, the rounds, top, wheel,
     whip, whirl, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig