merry-go-round

Etymology
Possibly from (= rotate) merrily.

Noun

 * 1) A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals.
 * 2) A piece of playground equipment consisting of a circular platform that is made to revolve by pushing while users stand on it.
 * 3)  A meaningless cycle; a bustle of activity that gets nowhere
 * 4) * 1997, Strangelove (band), The Greatest Show on Earth (song)
 * 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
 * 1)  A freight train of hopper wagons which loads and unloads its cargo while moving, a balloon loop being provided at power stations.
 * 2)  A series of singles and doubles that allow the batting team to score while still having runners on base who can be driven in by the next batter.
 * Russell kept the merry-go-round moving with an RBI single that advanced Henderson to third.
 * 1)  A cooperative scheme in which members regularly contribute money to a pool, and the collected money is then paid out to one of the members, repeating so that every member has eventually received the collected money.
 * 1)  A series of singles and doubles that allow the batting team to score while still having runners on base who can be driven in by the next batter.
 * Russell kept the merry-go-round moving with an RBI single that advanced Henderson to third.
 * 1)  A cooperative scheme in which members regularly contribute money to a pool, and the collected money is then paid out to one of the members, repeating so that every member has eventually received the collected money.
 * 1)  A cooperative scheme in which members regularly contribute money to a pool, and the collected money is then paid out to one of the members, repeating so that every member has eventually received the collected money.

Translations

 * Albanian: karusel
 * Arabic: دُوَّامَة خَيْل, كارُوسِيل
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: карусе́ль, карусэ́ль
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: carrussel,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: karuselo
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: ringreið, karusell
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: კარუსელი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: στροβιλοδρόμιο,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: चक्कर देनेवाला हिंडोला,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kashubian:
 * Kazakh: карусель
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: карусель
 * Lao: ມ້າໝຸນ
 * Latvian: karuselis
 * Lithuanian: karuselė
 * Macedonian: рингишпил, вртелешка
 * Maori: porowhawhe, takaāwhio
 * Northern Thai: ᨾ᩶ᩣᩉ᩠ᨾᩩᨶ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: karusell
 * Occitan: cavalets, vira-vira, carrossèu, carrossèl
 * Persian:, کاروسِل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, călușei, ringhișpil
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вртешка, обртаљка, ринглшпил, рингишпил
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: kolotoč
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tiyubibo
 * Tajik: чархуфалак
 * Tatar: карусель
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: карусе́ль
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: trò kéo quân, đu quay, vòng quay ngựa gỗ
 * Welsh: carwsél, chwyrligwgan


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