carousel

plural carousels · alternative carrousel

1. 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.

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

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

   Synonyms: giddy-go-round, merry-go-around, merry-go-whirl, roundabout, whirligig

2. A revolving device for item delivery or display.

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

   1 more example

   It struck me as a perky, whine-free name—the kind of standard-issue handle that could be found on necklaces hanging off carousels in roadside souvenir shops, next to the saltwater taffy.

   2023, Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 44

3. The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
4. computingA visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
   1. abbreviationbroadlyellipsissocial mediacomputingEllipsis of carousel post.
5. An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
6. historicalA tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.
7. computingSynonym of jukebox (“automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.”).

   Synonyms: jukebox

present singular third person carousels · US participle present carouseling · UK participle present carouselling · US participle past carouseled · US past carouseled · UK participle past carouselled · UK past carouselled · alternative carrousel

1. To revolve or change places.