Definizione monolingua

roundhouse

roundhouse (third-person singular simple present roundhouses, present participle roundhousing, simple past and past participle roundhoused)

1. To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
   • 2008 March 16, Nathaniel Fick, “Worries Over Being ‘Slimed’”, New York Times:

     We focused on the nerve-agent feint, and got roundhoused by the insurgent hook.

   • 2009, Diane Tullson, Riley Park (page 18)

     Im on my feet and my fist is roundhousing and I feel flesh. I hit again, and teeth crack under my fist. I hear voices and theyre shouting and a light burns into my face.

roundhouse (plural roundhouses)

1. (rail transport) A circular building in which locomotives are housed.
2. (martial arts) A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
3. (archaeology) An Iron Age dwelling.
4. (nautical) The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.

Definizione dizionario roundhouse

Altri significati:

(rail transport) A circular building in which locomotives are housed.

(archaeology) An Iron Age dwelling.

To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.

(nautical) The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.

(martial arts) A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.