rounder
noun
round·er
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Definition of rounder
1
rounders plural in form but singular in construction
: a game of English origin that is played with ball and bat and that somewhat resembles baseball
2
: a dissolute person : wastrel
3
: one that rounds by hand or by machine
4
: a boxing match lasting a specified number of rounds
—usually used in combination a 10-rounder
5
sports
: a player selected in a specified round of a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 9c)
—used in combination
a first-rounder [=a player selected in the first round] The fourth running back drafted, this second-rounder leads all rookies with 562 rushing yards.— Jarrett Bell
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The Browns reportedly only gave up a seventh-rounder for Taylor. — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Browns Scribbles: Taking a risk at punter, adding help at receiver," 1 Sep. 2019 The Patriots had to surrender a 2020 fourth-rounder to pick up Eluemunor along with a Baltimore sixth-rounder. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Some thoughts on changes in the Patriots’ roster composition," 1 Sep. 2019 Matthias Farley, who was released by the Colts earlier this week, has signed with the New York Jets, joining cornerback Nate Hairston, who the Colts traded to the Jets for a sixth-rounder Wednesday. — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, "Colts have begun releasing players to get to 53-man roster," 30 Aug. 2019 Rookie seventh-rounder Kerrith Whyte over Ryan Nall as the fourth running back? — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, "The Bears 53-man roster is set — for now. Here’s a detailed breakdown plus analysis from our team of reporters," 30 Aug. 2019 The Broncos are sending a 2020 sixth-round pick to the Patriots for Dawson and a 2020 seventh-rounder. — Ryan O'halloran, The Denver Post, "Broncos early roster cut-down tracker: Team acquires CB Duke Dawson from Patriots," 30 Aug. 2019 The rookie third-rounder will take over the early-down workload from Jordan Howard. — Cory Bonini, USA TODAY, "Fantasy football: Late-round players to grab, avoid in your draft," 28 Aug. 2019 Kirk Cousins, a fourth-rounder, is the starter in Minnesota. — Washington Post, "Luck finds cost of football too pricey to continue career," 25 Aug. 2019 Cantillo, a 16th-rounder in 2017 and MLB.com’s 19th-best Padres prospect, was 9-3 with a 1.93 ERA, 128 strikeouts and an 0.87 WHIP in 98 innings to start the season at Fort Wayne. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Minors: Young Joey Cantillo shaky in Storm debut," 12 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rounder.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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rounder
noun
English Language Learners Definition of rounder
: a boxing match lasting a specified number of rounds
British
: a game that is played with a ball and bat and that is like baseball
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