'Merry-go-round' definitions:
Definition of 'merry-go-round'
(from WordNet)
noun
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"
noun
A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement [syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig]
Definition of 'Merry-go-round'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'merry-go-round'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- carousel,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- disk,
- Ferris wheel,
- 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