circuiting

1. 1
   verbobsolete

   Present participle and gerund of circuit. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   The guards were circuiting the building all night.

   Birds circuiting overhead made wide, slow loops in the sky.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   Movement that goes the long way around instead of straight to a place.

   Like walking all the way around a block instead of cutting straight across it.

   The endless circuiting of the patrol cars kept the neighborhood feeling safe.

   All that circuiting around the lake added an extra hour to the walk.

   Similarcircling, meandering, wandering

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