roundabout

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Roundabout (disambiguation)

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roundabout (not comparable)

1. Indirect, circuitous or circumlocutionary.

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roundabout (plural roundabouts)

1. (chiefly British, New Zealand and Australian) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
2. (chiefly British) A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis when pushed.
3. A fairground carousel.
4. A detour
5. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, esp. in the 19th century.

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• (road junction): traffic circle

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[edit] See also

• swings and roundabouts