roundhouse

Meanings

Plural: roundhouses

Noun

• workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
• a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
• A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
• The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.
• A privy near the bow of a vessel, especially as reserved for officers.
• A circular building in which locomotives are housed, sometimes with a turntable.
• A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe in the Iron Age and Bronze Age.
• A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
• In the game of pinochle, a meld consisting of a queen and king in each of the four suits.

Verb

• To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.

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