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.
3. a series of interconnected or related things or events:

   a daisy chain of legislative delays and stalemates.

4. Slang. a group sexual activity in which the participants serve as active and passive partners to different people simultaneously.
5. Commerce. a series of transactions designed to create the appearance of active trading, as in a particular stock, in order to manipulate the price.

daisy chain

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of daisy chain¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

As with all witch hunts, the daisy chain of accusations never ends.

From The Daily Beast

I lay on the grass in the cloisters, and the Daisy Chain hung from the sky, and was drawing me upwards.

From Project Gutenberg

Make a chain of roses, just as one makes a daisy chain, or a chain of any other flowers.

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"That is why you like to call us your Daisy Chain," said Ethel.

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But 'young Margrett' was bending her head still lower, seemingly over her daisy chain.

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Father Brown threw away a daisy-chain he was making, and rose with a wistful look.

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