Meaning of "merry-go-round" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MERRY-GO-ROUND

merry-go-round

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERRY-GO-ROUND

Merry-Go-Round is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MERRY-GO-ROUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Carousel

A carousel, or merry-go-round, is an 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 gearwork to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. This leads to one of the alternative names, the galloper. Other popular names are jumper, roundabout, horseabout and flying horses. Carousels are commonly populated with horses, each horse weighing roughly 100 lbs, but may include diverse varieties of mounts, like pigs, zebras, tigers, or mythological creatures such as dragons or unicorns. Sometimes, chairlike or benchlike seats are used as well, and occasionally mounts can be shaped like airplanes or cars. Any rotating platform may also be called a carousel. In a playground, a roundabout or merry-go-round is usually a simple, child-powered rotating platform with bars or handles to which children can cling while riding. At an airport, rotating conveyors in the baggage claim area are often called carousels.

Definition of merry-go-round in the English dictionary

The definition of merry-go-round in the dictionary is a whirl of activity or events.

SYNONYMS OF «MERRY-GO-ROUND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «merry-go-round» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of merry-go-round

bustle · carousel · flurry · round · roundabout · series · succession · whirl

TRANSLATION OF MERRY-GO-ROUND

Find out the translation of merry-go-round to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of merry-go-round from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «merry-go-round» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 旋转木马
• Translator English - Spanish: tiovivo
• English: merry-go-round
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रमुदित जाना दौर
• Translator English - Arabic: دَوَامَةُ الْـخَيْلِ
• Translator English - Russian: карусель
• Translator English - Portuguese: carrossel
• Translator English - Bengali: রাধাচক্র
• Translator English - French: manège
• Translator English - Malay: Merry-go-round
• Translator English - German: Karussell
• Translator English - Japanese: 回転木馬
• Translator English - Korean: 회전 목마
• Translator English - Javanese: Merry-go-round
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vòng đu quay
• Translator English - Tamil: மெர்ரி-கோ சுற்று
• Translator English - Marathi: आनंदोत्सव
• Translator English - Turkish: atlıkarınca
• Translator English - Italian: giostra
• Translator English - Polish: karuzela
• Translator English - Ukrainian: карусель
• Translator English - Romanian: carusel
• Translator English - Greek: καρουζέλ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: merry- go -round
• Translator English - Swedish: karusell
• Translator English - Norwegian: karusell

3 QUOTES WITH «MERRY-GO-ROUND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word merry-go-round.

1

Neil Diamond

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

2

Alfred Lunt

There were a great many in vaudeville - people who never quite came through. But they had their place, and they filled it. They kept theatres open. Those pan-timers, those interstate-timers, those four-a-dayers, those six-a-dayers - they were an integral part of that endearing merry-go-round called vaudeville.

3

Deborah Mailman

If there's one thing I could wish for right now, it would be to have one of those horses from the merry-go-round - they were the most exciting thing to go on as a kid.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERRY-GO-ROUND»

Discover the use of merry-go-round in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to merry-go-round and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns

Rhyming text and illustrations present explanations of the various types of nouns and rules for their usage.

‎1998

The Merry-go-round

Nick, Kate and James are having a ride on the merry-go-round.

Beverley Randell, 1993

Merry-Go-Round

During a holiday with Auntie Dumpling, Uncle Plod, and Mr. Brainy, Katie shows them how to put a little variety in their lives.

Helme Heine, 1980

The Merry-go-round in the Sea

In 1941, Rob Coram is six.

Randolph Stow, 2013

Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round

Depicts in words and pictures the unforgettable childhood thrill of riding on an old-fashioned merry-go-round.

Bill Martin, Jr., 1991

Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round: An Alcoholic Family in Crisis

Enter behind closed doors of a family's private life of hardships and struggles with alcohol abuse. Witness the constant confusion, disappointments, broken promises and fear. It leaves a trail of heartbreak.

Alberta H. Sequeira, 2009

Merry Go Round

Is Tracy and Clay's love meant to be, or will they forever be on opposite sides of the merry-go-round? Her children. His parents. Her pride. His honor. The welfare of an entire town. MERRY GO ROUND... Hang on for dear life.

Sherrie Hansen, 2011

Merry Go Round

'Maugham was one of the great masters of clever narrative and construction' Allan Massie, Sunday Herald Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent ...

W Somerset Maugham, 2009

The Wizard of Oz and The Magic Merry-Go-Round

Astrid and Tyler take a magical ride on an old merry-go-round, the same merry-go-round that their parents rode on many years ago.

Roger S. Baum, 2002

Gigi: The Story of a Merry-Go-Round Horse

Relates the adventures and travels of the most popular merry-go-round horse in the Wurstelprater in Vienna, whose mother was a pine tree and father was the wind that sweeps through the Vienna woods.

Elizabeth Foster, 1943

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERRY-GO-ROUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term merry-go-round is used in the context of the following news items.

Horsing around: New carousel circles into Scott County Fairgrounds

The vintage carousel's story dates back more than 60 years, when it became the 200th merry-go-round built by the Allan Herschell Company, ... «SW News Media, Jul 15»

Commissioner Nick Fish found the Jantzen Beach carousel

However, keeping the carousel in storage was supposed to be temporary. The mall said it would restore and reopen the merry-go-round after ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»

Tickets available for Holyoke Merry-Go-Round fundraiser, $8K in …

HOLYOKE -- Fans of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round are invited to participate in a fundraiser that offers $8,000 in prizes. Supporters of the ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»

The latest on the legislative staffing merry-go-round

With a hat-tip to LobbyTools, here is latest on who is on and who is off the legislative staffing merry-go-round. Off: Jay Ferrin has left his position ... «SaintPetersBlog, Jul 15»

Greece “No Longer in Arrears to IMF” as Money “Merry-Go-Round …

The Guardian called it “the Greek money merry-go-round” as Athens received the €7.2 billion loan from the EU and the ECB and immediately ... «The Pappas Post, Jul 15»

England's opening merry-go-round

The problem England have is not going to be solved by dropping people - if the replacements aren't much better. They have already shown ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

Any day is a good day for a spin on a merry-go-round

July 25 is National Carousel Day, but 4-year-old Kendall figures just about any day is perfect for taking a spin on a merry-go-round. “It's fun ... «The Mercury, Jul 15»

Lise Hand: A bewildering spin on the merry-go-round that is Planet …

'If hindsight was foresight, you know, I'd be a billionaire, and so would you," philosophised the witness, with an all-too familiar blend of matiness ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

Kannapolis gets on board with merry-go-round purchase

This Bertazzon Carousel, similar to the one that will be installed at Village Park in Kannapolis, is shown in front of Hotel de Ville in Paris. «Independent Tribune, Jul 15»

Daddy Days: The beautiful merry-go-round of parenting

The beautiful little merry-go-round of parenting continues. Caleb Harris resides in north Austin with his wife and children and is a graduate of ... «Austin American-Statesman, Jul 15»