Meanings
lazy susan1
lazy Susan2
plural lazy Susans · alternative Lazy Susan · alternative lazy susan
- businessSynonym of round trip (“form of barter involving selling and buying back”).
Synonyms: round trip
Lazy Susan3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of round trip (“form of barter involving selling and buying back”).
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Origin
Uncertain, but probably a generic name like Jane, in reference to the device replacing a servant at table. The earliest attestation is from c. 1903 in the Boston Journal, which credits a local carpenter named John Laurie as "the resuscitator of 'Lazy Susan'". Almost certainly not named in honor of the daughters of Thomas Jefferson or Edison who were both named Susan.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque erretilu birakari
- erretilu birakarilazy Susan
Chinese 餐桌轉盤 /餐桌转盘
- 餐桌轉盤 /餐桌转盘 (cānzhuō zhuànpán)lazy Susan
Finnish pyörivä tarjotin, pyörivä tarjoilualusta
- pyörivä tarjotinlazy Susan
- pyörivä tarjoilualustalazy Susan
German Drehplatte, Drehteller
- Drehplattelazy Susan
- Drehtellerlazy Susan
Polish taca obrotowa
- taca obrotowalazy Susan
Portuguese bandeja giratória
- bandeja giratórialazy Susan
Romanian carusel
- carusellazy Susan
Russian поворо́тный подно́с, крутя́щий подно́с
- поворо́тный подно́с (povorótnyj podnós)lazy Susan
- крутя́щий подно́с (krutjáščij podnós)lazy Susan
Spanish tabla giratoria, bandeja giratoria
- tabla giratorialazy Susan
- bandeja giratorialazy Susan
- bandeja de rotatorialazy Susan
- estante giratoriolazy Susan
Swedish snurrbricka, vändskiva
- snurrbrickalazy Susan
- vändskivalazy Susan
Cite this entry
lazy susan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lazy%20susan
“lazy susan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lazy%20susan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lazy susan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lazy%20susan.
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