rounder

[ roun-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that rounds something.
2. a person who makes a round.
3. Slang. a petty criminal or drunken ne’er-do-well.
4. (initial capital letter) British. a Methodist minister who travels a circuit among congregations.
5. rounders, (used with a singular verb) a game somewhat resembling baseball, played in England.
6. Informal. a boxing match of a specified number of rounds (used in combination):

   a 15-rounder.

rounder

/ ˈraʊndə /

noun

1. a run round all four bases after one hit in rounders
2. a tool or machine for rounding edges or surfaces

Word History and Origins

Origin of rounder¹

First recorded in 1615–25; round ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Featherlite NSL poles allow the diameter to vary along their length, so that softer sections create a rounder arc, while stiffer segments stay straighter.

From Outside Online

The company tested a new Aerocockpit design with thicker walls and a new, rounder clamp cross section under riders at July’s Tour de France, including during van der Poel’s Stage 2 win.

From Outside Online

This provided evidence that they were fundamentally different than the bigger, rounder planets.

From Science News For Students

While the largest asteroids still looked planetlike, most small asteroids turned out to be lumpy and irregular in shape, suggesting a different origin or different geophysics than bigger, rounder planets.

From Science News

Some are biological—larger eyes and rounder faces are more feminine, for instance, while a prominent chin is more masculine.

From The Daily Beast

When Sonny looked up at last, his own eyes grew, his whole face seemed to grow larger, rounder, younger.

From The Daily Beast

“When times are good, we prefer actresses with rounder faces,” psychology professor Terry Pettijohn says.

From The Daily Beast

Sofia, 41, is shorter and rounder and quick to crack a joke.

From The Daily Beast

The result is rounder and more powerful than a classic blanc de blancs.

From The Daily Beast

The man at the window was the dissipated young rounder who had been pointed out as the nephew of President Dunton.

From Project Gutenberg

The station policeman had seen the crazy rounder jump into a taxi and go spinning off up-town.

From Project Gutenberg

Her slim, rather lanky figure grew rounder and increased in gracefulness.

From Project Gutenberg

She was somewhat shorter of stature and rounder of form, with a face in which vivacity and determination were happily blended.

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Her thin frame began to fill out, her face grew rounder, and her smile was sweetness itself.

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