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