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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
magic carpet
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A magic carpet of a book.
▪ Fashanu has been a 20-goal-a-season man ever since Wimbledon rode their magic carpet into the top flight.
▪ It dates to about 1780 and looks as if it has landed by magic carpet.
▪ The focus of the drama shifts to discovering the dangers, and weighing up pros and cons of using the magic carpet.
▪ Those men, including himself, had today's magic carpet, the Press Card.
Wiktionary
magic carpet

n. 1 (context fairy tales English) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel. 2 (context skiing English) a conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders

Wikipedia
Magic carpet

A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a legendary carpet that can be used to transport humans who are on it instantaneously or quickly to their destination.

Magic carpet (disambiguation)

A magic carpet is a mythological flying (or "teleporting") rug.

Magic carpet may also refer to:

  • Magic Carpet (Aladdin), featured in the Disney film Aladdin
  • Magic Carpet (video game), a 1994 first person shooter game from Bullfrog Productions
  • Operation Magic Carpet, a post-World War II U.S. Navy military operation
  • Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen), a joint effort by the UK and the U.S. to airlift Yemeni Jews to Israel 1949–1950
  • Magic carpet (ski lift), a type of surface lift found at ski areas
  • Magic Carpet (band), a UK psych folk musical group
  • "Magic Carpet" (song), a song by Billy J. Kramer
  • The Magic Carpet, a 1930s pulp magazine originally called Oriental Stories
  • An early form of "Extreme Gear" (a type of racing vehicle), in the video game Sonic Riders
  • Cessna Experimental Magic Carpet, a light aircraft research project
  • IMAX Magic Carpet, a large format film system
Magic Carpet (video game)

Magic Carpet is an action video game released by Bullfrog Productions in 1994. The player controls a flying carpet.

Its graphics and gameplay were considered innovative and technically impressive at the time. A revised edition, Magic Carpet Plus, included the Hidden Worlds expansion pack which added 25 levels and a winter-themed tileset. The title also had a sequel released in 1995, Magic Carpet 2.

Magic Carpet (band)

Magic Carpet was a pioneering British psychedelic folk band of musicians that first appeared in the early 1970s.

The band members were Clem Alford, sitar; Alisha Sufit, voice and guitar; Jim Moyes, guitar; and Keshav Sathe, Indian tabla percussion. In 1972 the band released an eponymous album, Magic Carpet, on the Mushroom (UK) label that has since become a sought-after item in the international collectors' vinyl market.

Usage examples of "magic carpet".

Bink had once been transformed into a bird, and once had ridden a magic carpet, and once had flown in human form.

With one last glance at the valley that had been her home, she had leaped on the magic carpet and soared into the sky.

The picture was of a car struggling through a traffic jam, while a magic carpet sailed blithely over, its handsome family smiling.

She wished she had avoided science and stayed with her tried and true magic carpet.

Nearby was the tangled remnant of a bicycle or miniature magic carpet that the child had evidently been riding carelessly.

The Gorgon would use my magic carpet to fetch her sister and reunite her with her dulcimer.