rounder

noun

round·​er ˈrau̇n-dər 

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

Examples of rounder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After talking with both teams, Phoenix unanimously preferred Houston’s offer (Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th overall pick and five second-rounders). —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026

Even amid Miami's wider woes, the 2022 first-rounder remained one of the league's most dangerous big-play threats both as a run-after-catch threat and a vertical weapon. —Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026

Dolphins fans just have to list that 2020 draft of first-rounders Tua, Jackson and Noah Igbinoghene to recall how the best of plans go wrong. —Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026

Denver will get Miami’s fourth-rounder along with Waddle. —Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing rounder

• all-rounder

Rhymes for rounder

• flounder
• founder
• pounder
• sounder
• cofounder
• compounder
• expounder
• profounder