adj.
- Designed to be wrapped around the body and fastened: a wraparound skirt.
- Shaped to curve around the sides: a wraparound windshield.
- Sports. Of or being a shot, as in ice hockey, made after going behind the goal and turning sharply toward the side or front of the net.
- A garment that is open to the side and is wrapped around the body.
- Something that encompasses or laps over something else.
- A text placement feature, as of a word processing program, that automatically moves text that will not fit on one line to the following line.
- Sports. A wraparound shot or goal.
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