daisy chain

Meanings

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. A thing resembling a daisy chain (noun sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle.
3. A small strip of webbing with multiple loops, which allows a backpacker to secure several objects to the exterior of a backpack.
4. 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. A ladder consisting of loops of nylon tape connected together which are used as footholds.
6. A large nylon loop sewn together at intervals along the midlength, used to decelerate a falling free climber.
7. 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. Several electrical or electronic devices linked in series by their data or power connections, or both.
9. 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. 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. A group-sex formation involving multiple partners, with the participants lying in a circle, each one performing oral sex on another person.
12. A sequence of events where each one leads to the next.

1. Alternative form of daisy-chain.

Etymology

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

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