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Definition of Round the bend
1. Adjective. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. "It used to drive my husband balmy"
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Daftness, Kook, Loon
Definition of Round the bend
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) crazy, mad or insane ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Round The Bend
Literary usage of Round the bend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Between the Lights: And Other Verses by Will Lawson (1906)
"round the bend the leaders came With lazy shouldering stride, Toughened muscle
and solid frame, Under the tawny hide. Sturdy bullocks, and well they hauled, ..."
2. Standard Practical Plumbing: Being a Complete Encyclopædia for Practical by Philip John Davies (1892)
"174, continue from 6 to K, which wiU be the exact distance round the bend.
From d to E, Fig. 173, measure off the distance of the short line, and place this ..."
3. Supplement to Spons ̓dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military by Edward Spon, Francis N. Spon (1880)
"... the same velocity, while in passing round the bend it would in virtue of
centrifugal force exert a pressure tending to move the bend away from the jet. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"17) ; then take & short fragment of tinsel or twist, and tie it on as shown ;
wind this round the bend of the hook two or three times ; this forms the tag, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"... and said that the forward momentum of the fluid in that line had to be destroyed
in its passage round the bend DEF, and that this must bo effected by a ..."
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