Meaning

12 senses
  1. A garland to be worn on the head, made (usually as a pastime) by sewing or otherwise linking the stems of the flowers of daisies (Bellis perennis) into a ring.

  2. (broadly)A thing resembling a daisy chain (noun sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle.

  3. A thing resembling a daisy chain (noun sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle.

    (broadly)A small strip of webbing with multiple loops, which allows a backpacker to secure several objects to the exterior of a backpack.

  4. (broadly)A group of dealers who buy and sell a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) among themselves in order to artificially increase its price before it is sold to a party outside the group.

  5. (broadly)A ladder consisting of loops of nylon tape connected together which are used as footholds.

  6. (broadly)A large nylon loop sewn together at intervals along the midlength, used to decelerate a falling free climber.

  7. (also, broadly)A bus wiring scheme in which a series of devices are connected in sequence: A to B, B to C, C to D, etc.

  8. (also, broadly)Several electrical or electronic devices linked in series by their data or power connections, or both.

    Daisy Chain

  9. (broadly)A series of samplers, sequencers, synthesizers, or other MIDI devices used in electronic music connected to one another in a chain through MIDI cables.

  10. (broadly)A series of complicated personal relationships in which, over time, people have had different partners who have themselves had other partners within the same group of people.

  11. (broadly, slang)A group-sex formation involving multiple partners, with the participants lying in a circle, each one performing oral sex on another person.

  12. (figuratively)A sequence of events where each one leads to the next.

More definitions
  • flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
  • (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Mary is making a daisy chain.

    ruМэри плетёт венок из ромашек.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
several electrical or electronic devices linked in series:

Origin

The noun is derived from daisy + chain. The verb is derived from the noun.

The noun is derived from daisy + chain. The verb is derived from the noun.

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Forms

plural: daisy chains

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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