round
- noun
- /raʊnd/
- Informal
- May I buy you another round?
- a round of drinks
- buy a round
And then Ilia ordered a round of shots.
- And then Ilia ordered a round of shots.
- And if that a lot of times that looks like round after round after round after round of drinks.
- I think he was in the top ten and he says to me let's have a few rounds Richie.
- When Max is at the pub, When Max is friends with the pub and they say, oh, let's get the round in.
- This is just a big event for people to have a few rounds and get paid.
Examples
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- Another round, for the house, on me.
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Could you please bring us another round of drinks?
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Let me get another round, huh?
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Can we get another round, please?
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Hey, give us another round, will you?
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Uncle Ray bought a round
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Let's get a round of shots too, what do you say?
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And then Ilia ordered a round of shots.
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We'll have another round.
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Dougal thanked them heartily, waving a hand at the landlord for another round of ale.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
A set of drinks bought for everyone, with people taking turns to pay
A set of drinks bought for everyone in a group at the same time
Antonyms
Idioms
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Compounds
- Literature
A large round table in stories about King Arthur where knights sit as equals
- Literature
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
- Specialized
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Specialized
A small opening in the inner ear wall that leads to the part that senses sound
- UK
A regular route for delivering newspapers often done by a young person before school
- Literature
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
- Specialized
A curved half-circle shape above a door or bridge seen in Roman buildings
Couples perform planned steps while moving in a circle to music guided by a leader
A small tree from East Asia that makes round orange fruits with sweet peel and sour flesh
- Specialized
A cord of tissue on each side of the womb that runs to the outer female genital area
- Specialized
A freshwater fish with a bronze back and white belly from northern lakes and rivers
- Specialized
A way of using the arm that swings out at shoulder height to throw or hit in sports like cricket
- Specialized
A glass container with a round body and a narrow neck used for heating or mixing chemicals
A garden plant with a round bulb and purple flower head used for food and decoration
- Specialized
A North American orchid with two round leaves and greenish white flowers on one stalk
- Specialized
A brown mushroom with a pink stem and smooth round spores that grows on wood
- Specialized
The time it takes for a light signal to travel to a spacecraft or planet and back
A small animal like a rat that lives in Florida wetlands and has a round tail
Surface Forms
Etymology
Round for a set of drinks comes from the idea of going round the group and serving each person in turn, so buying a 'round' means one full trip to get a drink for everyone.