rightabout

or right-a·bout

[rahyt-uh-bout]

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noun

the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
the act of turning so as to face the opposite direction.

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adverb

facing or in the opposite direction: Move that chair rightabout.

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Origin of rightabout

First recorded in 1690–1700; right + about

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words

direction angle trend shift curve departure spiral twist wind reversal swing corner spin round change deviation about-face winding bias bend

Examples from the Web for rightabout

Historical Examples

Ah, but it is so, or else people would be sent to the rightabout at the second sentence.
Chance
Joseph Conrad
I sent him to the rightabout pretty quickly, I can tell you.
The Cruise of the Thetis
Harry Collingwood
No sooner does a man feel his own life and strength swellin' up in him than rightabout he wants to kill things.
The Hills of Desire
Richard Aumerle Maher
After this, the corporal touched his hat, swung round to the rightabout in military style, and left the cabin.
Snarley-yow
Frederick Marryat
And before I could have thought it possible, he had turned the carriage to the rightabout and we were galloping south.
St. Ives
Robert Louis Stevenson