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roundabout
English
Etymology
round +? about
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?nd??ba?t/
Adjective
roundabout (comparative more roundabout, superlative most roundabout)
- 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.
- 1896, Robert Barr, From Whose Bourne, ch. 9:
- 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.
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, item 3.3:
Derived terms
- roundaboutly
Translations
Noun
roundabout (plural roundabouts)
- (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and sometimes US) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
- (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.
- A fairground carousel.
- A detour.
- A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
- (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
- present participle of twist
Noun
twisting (countable and uncountable, plural twistings)
- (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.
- 1984, Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School
- (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.
- 1985, The Federal Reporter (second series, volume 756, page 219):
Adjective
twisting
- Having many twists
- The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.
Translations
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- what twisting force
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- twisting what you say
- twisting what does mean
- what is twisting in insurance
- what is twisting moment
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