noun
roundhouse
ROWND-hows
noun
1
A punch or kick delivered in a wide, sweeping arc rather than a straight line.
"He landed a roundhouse kick straight to the pads."
"The boxer telegraphed his roundhouse punch and got countered."
2
A circular building where locomotives are stored and serviced, often around a turntable.
"The old railway roundhouse is now a museum."
How to Use Roundhouse
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly heard today as "roundhouse kick" — a wide, swinging martial-arts strike.
Common pairings
roundhouse kick
roundhouse punch
Word Forms
roundhoused past tense, roundhouses plural, roundhouses singular
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Etymology
From round + house, likely modeled on the Dutch word rondhuis ("guardhouse").