Definition of "roundabout" []

• Indirect; circuitous: "This conclusion was reached in a roundabout but nevertheless perfectly reliable way” ( George Gamow). (adjective)
• A short, close-fitting jacket. (noun)
• Chiefly British A merry-go-round. (noun)
• Chiefly British A traffic circle. (noun)

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• ""Any time I get a chance to visit Roundabout City, I try to make the most of it," said Howard McCullough, a state highway engineer who carries the title of roundabout specialist for New York."
• "There was a very well-known set of local rural toilets here, near a main roundabout but concealed by a miniature forest, wherin many a local reputation was besmirched down the years."
• "Another problem is that the word roundabout brings up for many people an image of an old "traffic circle" or, in the Northeast, a "rotary" intersection."