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roundabout

English

Etymology

round +? about

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??a?nd??ba?t/

Adjective

roundabout (comparative more roundabout, superlative most roundabout)

  1. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
    • 1896, Robert Barr, From Whose Bourne, ch. 9:
      [S]he fled, running like a deer, doubling and turning through alleys and back streets until by a very roundabout road she reached her own room.
    • 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. 17:
      "Really, Bill, I think your best plan would be to go straight to father and tell him the whole thing.—You don't want him to hear about it in a roundabout way."
    • 2001 Dec. 3, Jim Rutenberg, "Rather Reports Another War," New York Times (retrieved 3 April 2014):
      Mr. Rather flew to the area in a roundabout fashion, first landing in Bahrain, from there flying to Islamabad and then heading to Kabul by land.
    • 2011, Golgotha Press (ed.), 50 Classic Philosophy Books, ?ISBN, (Google preview):
      Descartes is compelled to fall back upon a curious roundabout argument to prove that there is a world. He must first prove that God exists, and then argue that God would not deceive us into thinking that it exists when it does not.
  2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
    • 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, item 3.3:
      The third sort is of those who readily and sincerely follow reason, but for want of having that which one may call a large, sound, roundabout sense, have not a full view of all that relates to the question.

Derived terms

  • roundaboutly

Translations

Noun

roundabout (plural roundabouts)

  1. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and sometimes US) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
  2. (chiefly Britain) A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.
  3. A fairground carousel.
  4. A detour.
  5. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
  6. (archaic) A round dance.

Usage notes

  • In North America, the use of roundabout varies by region. In some places traffic circle and rotary are more common.

Synonyms

  • (road junction): traffic circle, rotary, rotunda (Philippines)
  • (fairground ride): merry-go-round

Coordinate terms

  • (road junction): pork chop island

Derived terms

  • mini-roundabout
  • what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
  • swings and roundabouts

Translations

See also

  • swings and roundabouts

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twisting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tw?st??/

Verb

twisting

  1. present participle of twist

Noun

twisting (countable and uncountable, plural twistings)

  1. (countable) gerund of twist
    • 1984, Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School
      She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.
  2. (uncountable) The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.
    • 1985, The Federal Reporter (second series, volume 756, page 219):
      Twisting benefits an insurance agent while damaging the customer. The agent benefits because the commission earned on the sale of a new health insurance policy is substantially higher than that earned on the renewal of an existing policy.

Adjective

twisting

  1. Having many twists
    The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.

Translations

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