RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY


Meaning of RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌriŋ-ə-ˌrau̇n(d)-thə-ˈrō-zē ]

noun

also ring-around-a-rosy -ˌrau̇n-də-

Date: 1878

: a children's singing game in which players dance around in a circle and at a given signal drop to the ground — called also ring-a-rosy ˌriŋ-ə-ˈrō-zē

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.