| roughshod |
shod with horseshoes that have projecting metal points or nails, to prevent slipping. |
| rough trade |
(slang) a tough, sadistic homosexual male hired or picked up for sex, or all such persons collectively. |
| roulade |
a small, thin slice of meat rolled around a filling and cooked. [2 definitions] |
| roulette |
a gambling game in which the players wager on which slot on a revolving wheel a ball will fall into when the wheel stops spinning. [3 definitions] |
| Roumania |
see "Rumania." |
| round |
having a circular or spherical shape. [24 definitions] |
| roundabout |
circuitous; indirect. [2 definitions] |
| round dance |
a folk dance performed by a circle of dancers. [2 definitions] |
| round down |
to reduce a number to its nearest whole number, or to reduce a number to the nearest lower number that ends in zero. |
| rounded |
having a curved shape; made round. [2 definitions] |
| roundel |
something round or circular. [3 definitions] |
| roundelay |
a poem or song in which the refrain is repeated often and at regular intervals. |
| rounder |
that which rounds, such as a tool that rounds off corners. [3 definitions] |
| Roundhead |
an adherent of the Parliamentary or Puritan party during the English civil war in the seventeenth century. |
| roundhouse |
a circular building containing a turntable, used for servicing and repairing locomotives. [3 definitions] |
| roundly |
in a round manner, or in the shape of a round object. [2 definitions] |
| round number |
a number given in terms of the nearest whole number, or given in the nearest tens, hundreds, or the like. The number 50 is a round number for 47. |
| round off |
to reduce a number to a number that approximates it but is not a fraction, or to reduce a number to the nearest number that ends in zero. [2 definitions] |
| round out |
to bring to completion or perfection. |
| round robin |
an athletic contest or tournament in which each participant has a turn competing with every other one. [2 definitions] |
| round-shouldered |
having the shoulders and upper back bent forward; hunched. |