roundabout
41roundabout jacket — noun see roundabout I, 5 …
42roundabout — adj. /rownd euh bowt , rownd euh bowt /; n. /rownd euh bowt /, adj. 1. circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person. 2. (of clothing) cut circularly at the bottom; having no tails, train, or the like. n. 3. a short,… …
43roundabout — 1. adjective Indirect, circuitous or circumlocutionary. 2. noun a) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central …
44roundabout — A bet consisting of 3 bets involving three selections in different events (i.e. 1 single any to come and double stake double on remaining two selections, 3 times) …
45roundabout — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. circuitous, indirect. See circuity, deviation, diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. indirect, circuitous, devious, deviating; see indirect . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. indirect… …
46roundabout — raÊŠndÉ™baÊŠt n. merry go round (British); indirect road or method, detour; rotary, traffic circle (British); close fitting jacket worn by men and boys during the 19th century adj. indirect, circuitous …
47roundabout — noun Brit. 1》 a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it. 2》 a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on. ↘a merry go round. adjective 1》 (of …
48roundabout — I. a. 1. Indirect, tortuous, circuitous. 2. Ample, extensive, broad. 3. Encompassing, encircling. II. n. 1. Merry go round. 2. Round jacket, surtout. 3. Circuitous way, way round …
49roundabout — adj winding, turning, twisting, crooked, zigzag, helical, labyrinthine, mazelike; sinuous, serpentine, tortuous, anfractuous; circuitous, indirect, ambagious, circular; circumlocutory, circumlocutional, circumlocutionary, periphrastic, rambling,… …
50roundabout — round•a•bout adj. [[t]ˌraʊnd əˈbaʊt, ˈraʊnd əˌbaʊt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈraʊnd əˌbaʊt[/t]] adj. 1) circuitous or indirect 2) a circuitous route 3) trs brit. Chiefly Brit. traffic circle 4) brit. a merry go round 5) clo a close fitting, waist length coat… …
