daisy /dāˈzi/ noun- A composite wild or garden plant (Bellis perennis), whose flowers have a yellow disc and white rays
- Extended to other plants such as the ox-eye daisy, which is a chrysanthemum
- A general term of admiration, often ironical (old US sl)
ORIGIN: OE dæges ēage day's eye daiˈsied adjective Covered with daisies daisy chain noun - A string of daisies each threaded through the stem of the next
- A group of dealers who buy and sell a commodity among themselves in order to inflate the price to outside buyers (commerce)
daiˈsy-chain transitive verb - To inflate (prices) by means of a daisy chain
- To form a sequence of (electronic devices)
daiˈsy-cutter noun (informal) - A fast-going horse that does not lift its feet high (archaic)
- (in cricket) a ball bowled along the ground or that keeps low on pitching
- A powerful bomb designed to explode close to the ground, destroying anything within a wide radius
daiˈsy-wheel noun A flat, horizontal, wheel-shaped device in a typewriter or printer with printing characters at the end of the spokes fresh as a daisy Bright and vigorous, with strength and spirits unimpaired New Zealand daisy bush A half-hardy shrub of the genus Olearia, with daisy-like flowers pushing up the daisies (slang) Dead (and buried) |