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rounder

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round·er  (roundr)
n.
1. One that rounds, especially a tool for rounding corners and edges.
2. One, such as a security guard, who makes rounds.
3. A dissolute person.
4. Sports
a. A boxing match that goes on for a specified number of rounds. Often used in combination: a five-rounder.
b. rounders (used with a sing. verb) An English ball game similar to baseball.

rounder [ˈraʊndə]
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Ball Games, other than specified) a run round all four bases after one hit in rounders
2. (Engineering / Tools) a tool or machine for rounding edges or surfaces
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
adulterer, fornicator - someone who commits adultery or fornication
bad person - a person who does harm to others
gigolo - a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue, blood - a dissolute man in fashionable society
ladies' man, lady killer, seducer - a man who takes advantage of women
swinger, tramp - a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
debaucher, ravisher, violator - someone who assaults others sexually
philanderer, womaniser, womanizer - a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
2.rounder - a tool for rounding corners or edges
tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Translations
rounder
n (Brit Sport) to score a roundereinen Lauf machen


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His round eyes grew rounder still, and his brow puckered in dismay as he saw that she was angry.
A day or two afterward found the active and judicious editor examining, with blue eyes that seemed to grow rounder and rounder, the second instalment of Mr Finn's tale of mysteries in high life.
Dickon's curious blue eyes grew rounder and rounder.
 
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