merry-go-round
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rail-transport
railways
sports
transport
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English mery
English merry
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *gāną
Proto-West Germanic *gān
Old English gān
Middle English gon
English go
English round
English go round
English merry-go-round
From merry (adjective) + go round (verb).
Inflected forms:
form: merry-go-rounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of carousel (“a pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequently shaped like horses or other animals, cars, etc., which may also move up and down”).
pos: noun
examples: When we left the Madeleine we took our way to the Place de la Concorde, and thence through the Elysian Fields […] There were merry-go-rounds, wooden horses, and other provision for children's amusements among the trees; […]
William had eleven consecutive rides on the merry-go-round. He had made up his mind to have twelve, but, much to his regret, had to relinquish the twelfth owing to certain unpleasant sensations.
Can you even distinguish yourself from me?
Can you even recall how to think?
Can you pull out the tube you suck on to feed?
Have you ever formed your own beliefs?
Behold the merry-go-round
Circle so fast you can't scream
Forget you ever knew ground
Can't stop now
gloss: Synonym of carousel (“a pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequently shaped like horses or other animals, cars, etc., which may also move up and down”).
pos: noun
tags: attributive
often
examples: Some of the desirable characteristics of the "Merry-go-round" railway described in this article are found in the Tyne Dock–Consett iron ore traffic of the N.E.R. [North Eastern Railway]. The ore is carried in high capacity wagons, run in trains of fixed formation. A triangle at the Consett works enables each train, complete with its locomotive, to be turned and sent back without any remarshalling after unloading to Tyne Dock. At the quayside, the wagons are mechanically loaded as a train and at Consett they run directly on to a gantry above unloading bunkers; they have air-operated bottom-discharge doors worked from the locomotive.
Reshaping [of British Railways] initiated the development of what would become merry-go-round trains, delivering coal non-stop to power stations in newly built hopper wagons.
gloss: Synonym of carousel (“a pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequently shaped like horses or other animals, cars, etc., which may also move up and down”).
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A bustle of activity; also, a meaningless cycle of activity.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Some of us are lucky enough to still have families that care. But more often than not, we find that we have lost contact with the outside world, which leaves us very vulnerable in the merry-go-round of the parole process.
There's no time for happiness today / Got a date for lunch, a plastic tray / Got a deal to sign her life away / Got an early grave she's gotta make / And we are all insane / Hold on / Slow down / You'll never get to heaven on this merry-go-round […]
gloss: A series of singles and doubles that allows the batting team to score while still having runners on base who can be driven in by the next batter.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Russell kept the merry-go-round moving with an RBI single that advanced Henderson to third.
gloss: An informal cooperative scheme in which members (often women) regularly contribute money to a pool, the collected money being then paid out to one of the members; this is repeated so that every member eventually receives money. The collected money may also be invested, or loaned to members.
pos: noun
tags: Kenya
figuratively
Related words: calliope
Derived words: go-round
merry-go-rounder
sushi-go-round
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