roundhouses

Wide arc punches

Roundhouses are circular punches thrown with a wide, sweeping arc rather than straight from the body.

The term extends to kicks delivered the same way—swinging the leg in a curve to strike with maximum force: He caught him with a roundhouse to the jaw.

Separately, a roundhouse is a circular building where locomotives are serviced and stored, with tracks radiating from a central turntable.

railway

turntables

Record-playing devices

maintenance · rail yards · restoration · heritage railways · rolling stock · sidings · water towers · Camden · servicing · brick

architecture

Celtic

Of Irish-Welsh descent

wattle · daub · conical · circular · hearth · Bronze Age · reconstructions · ancient dwellings · archaeological · British Isles

kicks

taekwondo

Korean striking martial art

knockouts · MMA · sparring · momentum · rotation · striking · dojo · board breaking · tournaments · combinations

boxing

punches

Forceful fist strikes

swings · jaw · knockdowns · looping · heavyweight · bare-knuckle · prizefighting · counterpunch · devastating · telegraphed

Categories
Opposites
punch type

roundhousesjabs

Quick, straight punches

straights · crosses

architectural form

roundhouseslonghouses

Multi-family indigenous dwellings

row houses · townhouses · apartment blocks · A-frames · high-rises

Phrases
Family

roundhouse, roundhoused

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G