roundhouse

noun

Definition of roundhousenext
as in uppercut

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Recent Examples of roundhouse The main roundhouse that houses the knockout collection of American railroading treasures remains untouched, but parts of the property facing the Pigtown neighborhood are being completely reimagined. — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2026 Cordell Walker, a steely-eyed former Marine who dispensed Lone Star justice with roundhouse kicks and a decidedly old-school moral code. — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 With his roundhouse kicks, tough-guy one-liners and a formidable moral compass, Chuck Norris delivered kick-ass heroes for years on screens large and small, cementing himself in pop culture back in the 1980s. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026 He roundhouse kicks the cows and the butter comes straight out. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roundhouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundhouse
  1. uppercut
  2. knee
  3. swing
  4. kick
  5. left
  6. one-two
  7. right
  8. body blow
Noun
  • Seth went for the shot, but Roman hit an uppercut, causing Seth to drop the chair.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • If Clase’s home run in the second was an uppercut, then Toronto’s offense in the third was a barrage of jabs.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of uppercut
Noun
  • Pull against the band’s resistance and raise the opposite elbow to the opposite knee.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Diego Rodriguez’s work uniform as a photographer consists of knee pads, a camera and a lanyard strung with animal call whistles.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of knee
Noun
  • His size and length stand out compared to former swing tackle Justin Skule.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s Recipe With the college football season in swing and the NFL kicking off soon, what better dish to celebrate these magical weekends with than nachos?
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of swing
Noun
  • Smith did make an impact on special teams with a 57-yard kick return.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In a back-and-forth game that featured seven lead changes, Parker hit the second-biggest kick of his high school career to put the Rams back on top at the end.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of kick
Noun
  • On the left, Harvey Barnes is currently first-choice, while Newcastle agreed a deal potentially rising to around £50million for Bazoumana Toure in July.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Everyone’s favorite party snack—on the left, on the right, young, old—is pigs in a blanket.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of left
Noun
  • Taken together, this one-two punch of planet-hunting means the Milky Way’s faraway bulge will be a data bonanza.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The one-two punch not only validates the once-struggling stock's recent resurgence.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of one-two
Noun
  • When Chelsea try to shift the ball back across to the right, Brighton press man-to-man and force Fofana to the touchline, leaving him with little option other than to play a long ball into the channel in the direction of Neto.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Their case counts wide-release theatrical movies and the basic cable bundle, and leaves out streaming, YouTube, sports rights, and everything else that now competes for the same hours of your evening.
    — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of right
Noun
  • The old guard of the Democratic Party suffered another body blow when three socialist congressional candidates in New York with anti-Israel platforms swept to victory, lurching the party even further to the left.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 25 June 2026
  • But for Sean Buchan, a co-owner of Cerebral Brewing, the Aurora phase could amount to a second economic body blow.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 11 May 2026
Definition of body blow

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“Roundhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundhouse. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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