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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Run-around \Run"-a*round`\, n. (Med.)
   A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting
   the bone. [Colloq.]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Runaround \Run"a*round`\, n.
   a delaying or evasive, and sometimes deceptive, answer to an
   inquiry or request.
   [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for runaround:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
avoidance, avoiding reaction, buck-passing, circumvention, defense mechanism, dodge, duck, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, eschewal, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, foiling, forbearance, forestalling, forestallment, frustration, getting around, getting round, jink, neutrality, nonintervention, noninvolvement, outguessing, outmaneuvering, outwitting, passing the buck, prevention, refraining, roundabout, shunning, shunting off, shy, sidestep, sidetracking, slip, the runaround, the slip, thwarting, zigzag
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