A merry-go-round, a roundabout. Also attributive. Chiefly U.S. (where frequently written carrousel).

= whimsy, n. 5.

A merry-go-round, roundabout. Obsolete.

An amusement at a fairground or similar entertainment, consisting of a large revolving mechanism with model horses, cars, etc., on which people…

Originally and chiefly British. A revolving machine or apparatus on which people (esp. children) may ride for amusement, spec. one in a fairground…

U.S. A ‘giant's stride’ or merry-go-round.

Applied to various mechanical contrivances having a whirling or rotatory movement; spec. †(a) an instrument of punishment formerly used, consisting…

In combinations.

= merry-go-round, n. 1a. Now rare.

a merry-go-round.

= merry-go-round, n. (chiefly in sense 1a).

something that revolves with giddy rapidity, esp. a ‘merry-go-round’ or ‘roundabout’.

= merry-go-round, n. 1a; (occasionally more generally) any mechanical device which rotates or has a circular motion. Obsolete.

A fairground ride resembling a merry-go-round or carousel which spins rapidly and also tilts from side to side. Now chiefly historical.

a form of amusement consisting of either (a) a gigantic wheel-shaped structure, as on a fairground, on which passengers are carried in cars…

A roundabout with seats suspended by chains, the riders being swung round in a wide circle by the revolution of the machinery.

A fairground roundabout in which a continuous revolving chain carries a number of cars or tubs round an oval track, the tubs being pivoted so as to…

A fairground ride consisting of models of various animals on which people ride around a circular undulating track.

A fairground ride (see quots. 1961 1968).

A fairground roundabout with freely-pivoted cars drawn by a spider frame. slang.