Definitions for merry-go-round

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merry-go-round mer·ry-go-round

Spelling: [mer-ee-goh-round]

IPA: /ˈmɛr i goʊˌraʊnd/

Merry-Go-Round is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 506 anagrams from letters in merry-go-round (--degmnoorrruy).

Definitions for merry-go-round

noun

1. Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
2. a rapid whirl or a busy round, as of social life or business affairs.

Origin of merry-go-round

First recorded in 1720-30

Examples for merry-go-round

Anybody can push a merry-go-round, or push their buddy on sled down a hill.

There was a merry-go-round, too, and it had an organ that played We're on our way.

They shot the chutes until, maudlin with laughter, they took to a merry-go-round.

Then we had a ride on the merry-go-round, and after that we had some ice-cream cones.

And I did, and then he ran up on the merry-go-round with me.

There was a Ferris wheel, a merry-go-round, and a couple of yellow VW bugs with “BayBees Pediatrics” painted on the side.

When he finally emerged in “a country lane,” he felt as if he had “jumped off a merry-go-round.”

The merry-go-round he combined with the menagerie into a whole which was not to be resisted.

The worst thing they do is break into a zoo and ride the merry-go-round.

But these were only the disconnected parts of a merry-go-round.