Definitions from Wiktionary (round robin)
▸ noun: (also attributive) Senses relating to something with a round shape, or which goes around.
▸ noun: (originally nautical) A document (usually containing a complaint or petition) originally with the signatures arranged in a circle, and later often alphabetically, to disguise the order of signing and to indicate that the signatories are collectively responsible for it.
▸ noun: A letter which is reproduced and sent to several people; specifically, one containing personal news sent at a particular time of year, often Christmas; a circular letter.
▸ noun: A letter or piece of writing which is circulated among members of a group, to which each person makes a contribution before sending it to another person; also, a packet of letters circulated regularly in a fixed order among a group (often family members), whereby each person replaces their previous contribution with a new letter, and then sends the packet to the next recipient.
▸ noun: A form of trading involving a packet of items which is circulated among members of a group, whereby each person take the items they want and replaces them with items of similar value, and then sends the packet to the next recipient.
▸ noun: (figurative) A long, often tedious, list or piece of writing; a laundry list, a litany.
▸ noun: (computing) A method of making use of several similar subsystems, assigning tasks to each of them in turn (for example, sending data to a destination down several communication links in turn to achieve greater combined speed).
▸ noun: (gambling) A form of bet on the full set of possible combinations from a group of events, racehorses, teams, etc., such as the outcomes A and B, B and C, and A and C from a group consisting of A, B, and C.
▸ noun: (music) The MIDI technique of using different sampled versions of the same sound for successive notes, to avoid an unnaturally repetitive effect.
▸ noun: (online gaming) A method of dividing loot among a party of players by having the game assign loot, or an enemy corpse to loot, to each player in turn.
▸ noun: (Devon, archaic) A small pancake.
▸ noun: (originally US) A group activity in which the members take turns to perform an action.
▸ noun: (originally US, sports, often attributive) The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.
▸ noun: (obsolete except historical)
▸ noun: (Christianity, derogatory) The consecrated host used in the Eucharist.
▸ noun: (clothing) A small ruff worn around the neck.
▸ noun: (obsolete, road transport) A rim attached to the end of an axle of a horse carriage to prevent dirt from obstructing the axle's rotation; also, a loop from which a component of a horse carriage (such as a pole or spring) is suspended.
▸ noun: Senses relating to people, animals, or plants.
▸ noun: (chiefly Caribbean, US) Any of various marine fish of the genus Decapterus often called scads which have a body with an almost round cross section, especially the round scad (Decapterus punctatus); also, any of various other fish regarded as having a somewhat round shape.
▸ noun: (archaic)
▸ noun: (Cornwall) The fishing frog or sea devil (Lophius piscatorius), a species of monkfish.
▸ noun: (southwest England) Any of various hedgerow plants with pink flowers, especially a red campion (Silene dioica).
▸ noun: (obsolete)
▸ noun: A chiefly derogatory nickname for a man.
▸ noun: (Canada, US, rare) A freshwater sunfish native to eastern North America, either the pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) or the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus).
▸ Also see round_robin
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▸ noun: (also attributive) Senses relating to something with a round shape, or which goes around.
▸ noun: (originally nautical) A document (usually containing a complaint or petition) originally with the signatures arranged in a circle, and later often alphabetically, to disguise the order of signing and to indicate that the signatories are collectively responsible for it.
▸ noun: A letter which is reproduced and sent to several people; specifically, one containing personal news sent at a particular time of year, often Christmas; a circular letter.
▸ noun: A letter or piece of writing which is circulated among members of a group, to which each person makes a contribution before sending it to another person; also, a packet of letters circulated regularly in a fixed order among a group (often family members), whereby each person replaces their previous contribution with a new letter, and then sends the packet to the next recipient.
▸ noun: A form of trading involving a packet of items which is circulated among members of a group, whereby each person take the items they want and replaces them with items of similar value, and then sends the packet to the next recipient.
▸ noun: (figurative) A long, often tedious, list or piece of writing; a laundry list, a litany.
▸ noun: (computing) A method of making use of several similar subsystems, assigning tasks to each of them in turn (for example, sending data to a destination down several communication links in turn to achieve greater combined speed).
▸ noun: (gambling) A form of bet on the full set of possible combinations from a group of events, racehorses, teams, etc., such as the outcomes A and B, B and C, and A and C from a group consisting of A, B, and C.
▸ noun: (music) The MIDI technique of using different sampled versions of the same sound for successive notes, to avoid an unnaturally repetitive effect.
▸ noun: (online gaming) A method of dividing loot among a party of players by having the game assign loot, or an enemy corpse to loot, to each player in turn.
▸ noun: (Devon, archaic) A small pancake.
▸ noun: (originally US) A group activity in which the members take turns to perform an action.
▸ noun: (originally US, sports, often attributive) The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.
▸ noun: (obsolete except historical)
▸ noun: (Christianity, derogatory) The consecrated host used in the Eucharist.
▸ noun: (clothing) A small ruff worn around the neck.
▸ noun: (obsolete, road transport) A rim attached to the end of an axle of a horse carriage to prevent dirt from obstructing the axle's rotation; also, a loop from which a component of a horse carriage (such as a pole or spring) is suspended.
▸ noun: Senses relating to people, animals, or plants.
▸ noun: (chiefly Caribbean, US) Any of various marine fish of the genus Decapterus often called scads which have a body with an almost round cross section, especially the round scad (Decapterus punctatus); also, any of various other fish regarded as having a somewhat round shape.
▸ noun: (archaic)
▸ noun: (Cornwall) The fishing frog or sea devil (Lophius piscatorius), a species of monkfish.
▸ noun: (southwest England) Any of various hedgerow plants with pink flowers, especially a red campion (Silene dioica).
▸ noun: (obsolete)
▸ noun: A chiefly derogatory nickname for a man.
▸ noun: (Canada, US, rare) A freshwater sunfish native to eastern North America, either the pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) or the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus).
▸ Also see round_robin
▸ Words similar to round robins
▸ Usage examples for round robins
▸ Idioms related to round robins
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▸ Words that often appear near round robins
▸ Rhymes of round robins
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