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roundabout
[ adjective round-uh-bout, round-uh-bout; noun round-uh-bout ]
adjective
- circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- (of clothing) cut circularly at the bottom; having no tails, train, or the like.
noun
- a short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
- British. a merry-go-round.
- a circuitous or indirect road, method, etc.
- Chiefly British. traffic circle.
roundabout
/ ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt /
noun
- a revolving circular platform provided with wooden animals, seats, etc, on which people ride for amusement; merry-go-round
- a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central island US and Canadian nametraffic circle
- an informal name for boring mill
adjective
- indirect or circuitous; devious
adverb
- on all sides
spectators standing round about
- approximately
at round about 5 o'clock
Word History and Origins
Origin of roundabout1
Example Sentences
In Paiporta, piles of mangled cars have been created on roundabouts and at other places out of the way of traffic.
He dropped out from under the lorry near Wandsworth roundabout and disappeared into the capital.
He then described climbing out from under the lorry near Wandsworth roundabout.
Cartoon-like astronaut figurines and sculptures sit in the centre of children’s parks and plastic rockets are a centrepiece on most traffic roundabouts.
The jury heard on Tuesday that a woman driving behind the van, Skye Vokins, saw him rolling out from under the lorry near Wandsworth roundabout in south London, flick his fringe and walk calmly off.
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