Roundabout - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈraʊndəbaʊt|
Brit.
|ˈraʊndəbaʊt|
noun
- a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island (syn: circle, rotary)
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement (syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig)
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement (syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig)
adjective
- marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct (syn: circuitous)
a roundabout paragraph
hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
- deviating from a straight course (syn: circuitous, devious)hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
Extra examples
He took a roundabout route to town.
In a roundabout way, he told me that my help was not wanted.
Turn left at the first roundabout.
It was a roundabout way of telling us to leave.
The bus took a very long and roundabout route.
The by-pass crosses Wilton Lane shortly after a roundabout.
"compulsory roundabout"
Word forms
noun
singular: roundabout
plural: roundabouts
singular: roundabout
plural: roundabouts
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