merry-go-roundnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmer.i.ɡəʊˌraʊnd/us/ˈmer.i.ɡoʊˌraʊnd/merry-go-round noun [ C ] (FOR CHILDREN)
UK also roundabout, US also carousel a large machine at a fair that turns round and has wooden or plastic animals or vehicles on which children ride:
The girls wanted the merry-go-round to go faster.
US UK roundabout a flat, round piece of equipment in play areas on which children sit or stand and are pushed round and round
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Carnival, fairground & circus
- acrobatics
- amusement arcade
- amusement park
- big dipper
- big top
- big wheel
- coconut shy
- contortionist
- custard pie
- Dodgem (car)
- fairground
- Ferris wheel
- Indian club
- juggle
- juggler
- midway
- Punch and Judy show
- ringmaster
- trapeze
- unicycle
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merry-go-round noun [ C ] (SEVERAL ACTIVITIES)
a series of similar activities that can often seem boring:
With his first book came the endless merry-go-round of publicity and interviews.
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Order and sequence - general words
- alphabetize
- back end
- back end
- be a chapter of accidents idiom
- catalogue
- ladder
- litany
- next
- nth
- penultimate
- precedence
- run
- running
- second 1
- series
- succession
- thirdly
- timeline
- train
- vice versa
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