roundabout

Universal Words noun, adjective noun (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.