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 Definitions of merry-go-round  [ˈæn dru]  

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Definition of 'merry-go-round' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) merry-go-round
a revolving circular platform with wooden horses, benches, etc., on which people ride, usu. to the accompaniment of music, as at an amusement park or carnival; carousel.

2.  merry-go-round
a whirl or busy round, as of events or activities.

Etymology:  (1720–30)

Definition of 'merry-go-round' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) merry-go-round
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. (noun) carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig
a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement


Definition of 'merry-go-round' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) merry-go-round
a machine that goes around with models of horses or other things children can ride on
to ride on the merry-go-round


Definition of 'merry-go-round' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) merry-go-round
any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses


Translation of 'merry-go-round' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (Americanˌcarouˈsel) a revolving ring of toy horses etc on which children ride at a fair.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mallemeule Arabic flag Arabic: لُعْبَة خَيْل خَشَبيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: въртележка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: carrossel Czech flag Czech: kolotoč German flag German: das Karusell
Danish flag Danish: karrusel Greek flag Greek: περιστρεφόμενα αυτοκινητά Spanish flag Spanish: tiovivo
Estonian flag Estonian: karussell Farsi flag Farsi: چرخ و فلک Finnish flag Finnish: karuselli
French flag French: manège Hebrew flag Hebrew: קָרוּסֶלָה Hindi flag Hindi: आनन्दोत्सव
Croatian flag Croatian: vrtuljak Hungarian flag Hungarian: körhinta Indonesian flag Indonesian: komidi putar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hringekja Italian flag Italian: giostra Japanese flag Japanese: 回転木馬
Korean flag Korean: 회전 목마 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karuselė Latvian flag Latvian: karuselis
Malay flag Malay: kuda pusing Dutch flag Dutch: draaimolen Norwegian flag Norwegian: karusell
Polish flag Polish: karuzela Persian flag Persian: سپ مانندنوع گاز ا، چرخ و Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول اس مانند ټال
Portuguese flag Portuguese: carrossel Romanian flag Romanian: carusel Russian flag Russian: карусель
Slovak flag Slovak: kolotoč Slovenian flag Slovenian: vrtiljak Serbian flag Serbian: vrteška
Swedish flag Swedish: karusell Thai flag Thai: ม้าหมุน Turkish flag Turkish: atlı karınca
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 旋轉木馬 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: карусель Urdu flag Urdu: گھومنے والی تفریحی مشین
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vòng quay ngựa gỗ Chinese flag Chinese: 旋转木马

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