noun
- a merry-go-round or carousel
Usage: chiefly British; informal
verb
- to mock or jeer at someone
Usage: archaic; dialectal
Examples
- The children rode the derry at the fair.
- We took the kids to the carnival to go on the derry.
- Don't derry him for his mistakes; he's doing his best.
- The crowd began to derry the losing team.
- She loved spinning on the derry as a child.