Usually means: Circuitous, indirect route or process.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. runaround: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. runaround: Merriam-Webster
  3. runaround: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. runaround: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. runaround: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Runaround, runaround: Wordnik
  7. runaround: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. runaround: Wiktionary
  9. runaround: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. runaround: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. runaround: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. runaround: Dictionary.com
  13. runaround (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. runaround: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Runaround (British game show), Runaround (UK game show), Runaround (Van Halen song), Runaround (game show), Runaround (story), Runaround (typography), Runaround, The Runaround: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. runaround: FreeDictionary.org
  17. runaround: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. runaround: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. runaround: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. runaround: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. runaround: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. runaround: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (runaround)

noun:  An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses.
noun:  A detour or route that bypasses an obstacle.
noun:  (printing) A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration.
noun:  A whitlow running around the fingernail but not affecting the bone.

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