daisy chain
a string of daisies linked together to form a chain.
such a chain used as a garland or carried on festive days by a group of women college students.
a series of interconnected or related things or events: a daisy chain of legislative delays and stalemates.
Slang. a group sexual activity in which the participants serve as active and passive partners to different people simultaneously.
Commerce. a series of transactions designed to create the appearance of active trading, as in a particular stock, in order to manipulate the price.
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How to use daisy chain in a sentence
As with all witch hunts, the daisy chain of accusations never ends.
Bachmann, Gaffney, and the GOP’s Anti-Muslim Culture of Conspiracy | Jonathan Kay | July 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI lay on the grass in the cloisters, and the daisy chain hung from the sky, and was drawing me upwards.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeMake a chain of roses, just as one makes a daisy chain, or a chain of any other flowers.
The Pansy Magazine, June 1886 | Various"That is why you like to call us your daisy chain," said Ethel.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeBut 'young Margrett' was bending her head still lower, seemingly over her daisy chain.
A Book of Quaker Saints | Lucy Violet Hodgkin
Father Brown threw away a daisy-chain he was making, and rose with a wistful look.
The Wisdom of Father Brown | G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for daisy chain
a garland made, esp by children, by threading daisies together
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Other Idioms and Phrases with daisy chain
A series of connected events, activities, or experiences. For example, The daisy chain of lectures on art history encompassed the last 200 years. This metaphorical term alludes to a string of the flowers linked together. [Mid-1800s]
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