carousel

• carrousel

From French carrousel, from Italian carosello, from Sicilian caruseḍḍu and/or Neapolitan carusiello. Uncertain. Some suggested a derivation from carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, but this does not fit the criteria of an appropriate morphological reconstruction. Not believed to be related to carousal.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkærəˈsɛl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəˈsɛl/ IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹəsɛl/ IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəˈzɛl/

carousel (plural carousels)

2. A pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequently shaped like horses or other animals, cars, etc., which may also move up and down; a merry-go-round.

   Synonyms: giddy-go-round, (dated) merry-go-around, (rare) merry-go-whirl, roundabout, whirligig

   • 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 25, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:

     That's one nice thing about carrousels,^[sic] they always play the same song.

4. A continuously revolving device for item delivery.

   After collecting his suitcase at the baggage carousel, he left the airport.

5. The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
7. (graphical user interface) A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
8. An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
9. (historical) A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.
10. (computing) Synonym of jukebox (“automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.”).

Not to be confused with carousal (“state of carousing; an instance of this”).

• whirligig

carousel (third-person singular simple present carousels, present participle (US) carouseling or (UK) carouselling, simple past and past participle (US) carouseled or (UK) carouselled)

1. To revolve or change places.

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