Definitions for merry-go-round
merry-go-round

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. merry-go-roundnoun

   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. carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligignoun

   a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. merry-go-roundnoun

   carousel; a pleasure ride consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform affixed with various types of seats, frequently horses or other animals, typically found at fairs and amusement parks

2. merry-go-roundnoun

   a piece of playground equipment in the style of a merry-go-round

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1. merry-go-round

   A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (international), roundabout (British English), or hurdy-gurdy (an old term in Australian English, in SA) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down by gears to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. Carousels are commonly populated with horses, each horse weighing roughly 100 lbs (45 kg), but may include a variety of mounts, for example pigs, zebras, tigers, or mythological creatures such as dragons or unicorn. The fair n

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1. merry-go-round

   A merry-go-round is a large, circular, revolving structure, often found in amusement parks or playgrounds, with decorative seats or figures such as horses or cars on which people, typically children, can ride for entertainment. It is also known as a carousel.

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1. Merry-go-roundnoun

   any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses

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1. Merry-Go-Round

   Merry-Go-Round was a national clothing retail chain owned by Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc., that thrived during the 1970s and early 1990s. The chain fell into bankruptcy during the late 1990s, and eventually went out of business in 1996. It was famous for its ability to profit from short-lived fads and also owned men's clothing retailer Chess King. At its end, it numbered just over 500 locations, primarily in enclosed malls. MainStreet.com listed it in 2011 among brand names "gone but not forgotten".

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How to pronounce merry-go-round?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say merry-go-round in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of merry-go-round in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of merry-go-round in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of merry-go-round in a Sentence

1. Jeremy Goldwyn:

   There probably hasn't been this amount of change on the jobs front in the past five years, some of it is expansion, and some of it is a classic merry-go-round — when two or three people move they have to be replaced.

2. Alan Gottlieb:

   Defense Distributed appears caught in what appears to be a bureaucratic game of merry-go-round, the right to keep and bear arms includes the ability to acquire or create arms. The government is engaging in behavior that denies this company’s due process under the Fifth Amendment. We’re compelled to file this action because the bureaucracy is evidently playing games and it’s time for these agencies to behave.

3. The Triumph:

   It started with my taking my two kids around to the zoos and parks, while they were on the merry-go-round riding 40 times or something, I'd be sitting there trying to figure out what you could do that would be more imaginative.

4. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Sun is a hearthstone, a merry-go-round of extinguished hearthstones.

5. Alishia May:

   Life, like a merry-go-round, may make you dizzy but you have to hold on even in the hardest of times

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=merry-go-round
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Merry-Go-Round
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry-Go-Round
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merry-go-round
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=merry-go-round