daisy chain


noun
  1. a string of daisies linked together to form a chain.

  2. such a chain used as a garland or carried on festive days by a group of women college students.

  1. a series of interconnected or related things or events: a daisy chain of legislative delays and stalemates.

  2. Slang. a group sexual activity in which the participants serve as active and passive partners to different people simultaneously.

  3. Commerce. a series of transactions designed to create the appearance of active trading, as in a particular stock, in order to manipulate the price.

Origin of daisy chain

1
First recorded in 1835–45

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British Dictionary definitions for daisy chain

daisy chain

noun
  1. a garland made, esp by children, by threading daisies together

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Other Idioms and Phrases with daisy chain

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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