v
(obsolete, slang) To turn round.
adv
Back and forth; from one place to another and back again.
adj
Going from one place or position to another and back again.
n
Alternative spelling of back and forth [The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.]
v
To finish a specification that was initially incomplete once enough progress has been made to know all the details.
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
v
Alternative form of bring round [(transitive) To bring something when coming.]
n
Rotation by a full circle.
n
(business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
v
(military) To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
v
(intransitive, euphemistic) To die (from the belief that the soul of the dead crosses over a river (as the Jordan or Styx) when one dies).
v
Alternative form of make the rounds [To circulate from one place to another.]
n
The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
adj
Alternative form of upside down [Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom.]
adj
tuned to a lower pitch than normal
v
(cycling) To perform an endo (trick).
adv
Alternative spelling of face-up [In a position with the face upwards.]
n
(British) Clipping of flexitime. [An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.]
adj
(employment) Employing flexitime.
v
Alternative form of go around the houses [(idiomatic) Do something (especially talking) circuitously.]
v
Alternative form of go around the houses [(idiomatic) Do something (especially talking) circuitously.]
v
To move or spread from person to person.
v
Alternative form of go round in circles [(idiomatic) To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress.]
v
Alternative form of go round in circles [(idiomatic) To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress.]
v
To go around the side of sth., to bypass something.
n
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
v
To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
n
(finance) Synonym of round trip (“form of barter involving selling and buying back”)
n
A 180-degree turn towards the left (especially of troops)
v
(transitive, computing) To drag an item using the left mouse button.
n
An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
adj
Of a trip or journey, to a destination and then returning to the starting point.
n
Alternative spelling of outie [(informal) Anything convex.]
v
(intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
adj
Alternative form of resupinate [(botany) Having the appearance of being upside down]
adj
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
n
(obsolete) A radical change; revolution.
n
(idiomatic) A situation in which a person or group repeats a cycle of behaviors or experiences, usually with unsuccessful or undesirable results.
n
Alternative form of revolving door syndrome [(idiomatic) A situation in which employee turnover in an organization is inordinately high.]
n
The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or inverted orientation.
v
(transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
v
(intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
v
Alternative form of go round in circles [(idiomatic) To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress.]
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To roam, walk, wander.
adj
Alternative spelling of sunny side down
adj
Alternative spelling of sunny side down
adj
Alternative spelling of sunny side up [(US) Of an egg: fried sunny side up.]
v
(of a path etc) To zigzag.
v
To go back and forth; to alternate.
n
Alternative spelling of to and fro [(dated) The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.]
adv
Alternative form of topsy-turvy [Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset.]
adj
Alternative form of topsy-turvy [Backwards or upside down.]
n
The process of making something topsy-turvy; a throwing into disorder or chaos.
adj
Backwards or upside down.
adv
Alternative form of topsy-turvy [Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset.]
v
(obsolete) To beat or strike through.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to turn across; to transverse.
v
to place the outer surface inside and put the inside surface to the outside.
n
(automotive, of a road vehicle) The circular path formed by the wheel furthest from the centre of the turn when turning to the maximum extent.
adj
(informal) Characterized by turns or a turning motion.
adv
Obsolete form of upside down. [Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.]
adv
Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.
adj
Alternative spelling of upside down [Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom.]
n
(informal) The supposed state of mind of someone whose sense of reality is the converse of what is true, or whose actions seem to imply that
adv
Obsolete form of upside down. [Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.]
n
The subsequent change in direction; the ability to do this
n
Alternative form of volta [(music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).]
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