(BrE)
1 (AmE traffic circle, rotary) a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction:
At the roundabout, take the second exit. * When entering a roundabout, give way to any traffic already on it.
2 (AmE merry-go-round) a circular platform for children to play on in a park, etc. that is pushed round while the children are sitting on it
3 (BrE) = MERRY-GO-ROUND(1)
IDIOMS see SWINGn.
adjective [usuallybeforenoun] not done or said using the shortest, simplest or most direct way possible:
It was a difficult and roundabout trip. * He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.
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