"runaround" meaning in All languages combined

See runaround on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: runarounds [plural], run-around [alternative], run around [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal of run around. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|run around}} Deverbal of run around Head templates: {{en-noun}} runaround (plural runarounds)
  1. An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses. Translations (evasive explanation): увъртане (uvǎrtane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), enrolação [feminine] (Portuguese), отговорки (otgovorki) [plural] (Russian), увиливание от ответа (uvilivanije ot otveta) [neuter] (Russian), волокита (volokita) [feminine] (Russian), dar largas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-5k~Zkmrb Disambiguation of 'evasive explanation': 97 1 1 1
  2. A detour or route that bypasses an obstacle.
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-gioF~SR~
  3. (printing) A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-XPS7ixti Topics: media, printing, publishing
  4. A whitlow running around the fingernail but not affecting the bone.
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-i1uIWtkb Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 7 12 6 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 12 4 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 12 7 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 11 5 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 3 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 19 8 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 11 9 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 11 7 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 9 15 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bureaucratic runaround, get the runaround, give somebody the runaround

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "publishing"
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "увъртане"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "evasive explanation",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enrolação"
    },
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      "sense": "evasive explanation",
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        "plural"
      ],
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "evasive explanation",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "увиливание от ответа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volokita",
      "sense": "evasive explanation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волокита"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "evasive explanation",
      "word": "dar largas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "runaround"
}

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