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Roundhead

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(of a screw) Having a dome-shaped head..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (of a screw) Having a dome-shaped head.
  2. A roundhead screw, one with a domed head.
  3. (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Roundhead (“parliament supporter in the English Civil War”)
  4. (slang) A male whose penis is circumcised.
  5. A circular platform at the end of a pier or breakwater.
  6. Any of various agarics of the genus Stropharia.

Example Sentences

The roundhead screw and its fraternal twins, the button head and pan head screws, have a head that is flat on the bottom and hemispherical on top.
You can use flat-head screws and plug the holes, or you can use roundhead blue screws and let the heads project.
You roundhead whore, sock it up, or me will kill you, begar.
Colonel Middleton was dismounted amongst the king's forces, of whom one, taking him for a commander of their's, mounted him again, and bid him make haste, and kill a roundhead ; and so he escaped.
The parliament, which either could not or would not be prorogued till the end of October, busied itself exceedingly regarding the queen's residence with her children, and testified the utmost jealousy of her confessor, father Phillipss, who underwent several examinations; and may portentous hints were dropped by the roundhead orators in the house of commons respecting the queen's establishment of Capuchins at Somerset-house.
He added that they 'fell upon all that have short hair' and cried out, 'A roundhead! A roundhead!'
That’s a good reminder of how they won the referendum: these cavalier romancers trounced the roundhead number-cruncher remainers. Surely the country wouldn’t be fooled by the same trick twice.
The roundheads in the school showers easily equalled the cavaliers.

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What does roundhead mean?

Roundhead means (of a screw) Having a dome-shaped head..

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The roundhead screw and its fraternal twins, the button head and pan head screws, have a head that is flat on the bottom and hemispherical on top.

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