roundhouse
noun
round·house ˈrau̇nd-ˌhau̇s 
1
archaic : lockup
2
: a circular building for housing and repairing locomotives
3
: a blow delivered with a wide swing
roundhouse adjective
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The roundhouse's soft drinks will be Pepsi products and Sprecher root beer. 
Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2022 Before the lights dimmed in the comedy club parking lot, the comic bid adieu with a pithy roundhouse-uppercut. Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 If the trade to the Bucks was a separation for Lanier and the Pistons, his roundhouse punch of Laimbeer on Nov. 1, 1983, was essentially a divorce. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2022 The trip will take guests on a nine-mile, round-trip ride from the historic roundhouse and shops in Orbisonia to Colgate Grove and back. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2022 An arm of Bartolotta Restaurants, BRG Lotta Burger, will operate the roundhouse. Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022 The roundhouse was built in 1865 to house locomotives of the old Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022 Jackson thanked him for asking, then landed a nice clean roundhouse punch. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2022 Above-the-knee amputees can go for a prosthesis with a bionic knee joint that allows for a more familiar up-and-down running action, or one that creates a straight leg from hip to blade and requires a roundhouse stride. Tim Heming, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2021 See More
Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2022 Before the lights dimmed in the comedy club parking lot, the comic bid adieu with a pithy roundhouse-uppercut. Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 If the trade to the Bucks was a separation for Lanier and the Pistons, his roundhouse punch of Laimbeer on Nov. 1, 1983, was essentially a divorce. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2022 The trip will take guests on a nine-mile, round-trip ride from the historic roundhouse and shops in Orbisonia to Colgate Grove and back. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2022 An arm of Bartolotta Restaurants, BRG Lotta Burger, will operate the roundhouse. Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022 The roundhouse was built in 1865 to house locomotives of the old Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022 Jackson thanked him for asking, then landed a nice clean roundhouse punch. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2022 Above-the-knee amputees can go for a prosthesis with a bionic knee joint that allows for a more familiar up-and-down running action, or one that creates a straight leg from hip to blade and requires a roundhouse stride. Tim Heming, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
roundhouse
noun
round·house ˈrau̇nd-ˌhau̇s
plural roundhouses
-ˌhau̇-zəz
: a circular building where locomotives are kept or repaired
roundhouse
noun
as in uppercut
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- uppercut
- swing
- knee
- kick
- left
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- sidewinder
- body blow
- haymaker
- shiver
- counter
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- sucker punch
- one-two
- knockdown
- counterstroke
- punch
- blow
- chop
- smack
- hook
- thump
- knockout
- knock
- hand
- biff
- hit
- bop
- counterblow
- thud
- belt
- slap
- wham
- right-hander
- bat
- cruncher
- whack
- pound
- box
- bang
- sock
- clap
- welt
- switch
- slug
- thwack
- pummeling
- slam
- kayo
- buffet
- pelt
- beat
- KO
- hammering
- smash
- wallop
- clip
- stroke
- plump
- hack
- lash
- lick
- swipe
- stinger
- bash
- cuff
- rap
- poke
- thrashing
- spank
- pounding
- swat
- bust
- battering
- whop
- stripe
- clout
- licking
- beating
- bludgeoning
- douse
- dab
- pummelling
- fillip
- whip
- drubbing
- walloping
- bastinado
- whipping
- crack
- clobbering
- flogging
- pick
- whap
- larrup
- cudgeling
- pasting
- cudgelling
- lambasting
- bastinade
