What is the definition of circumlocution?

"to talk around"

it refers to the strategy of talking your way around a Word you might not be able to think of. This is seen many times when speaking a foreign language, when vocabulary is not always at the tip of the tongue- using circumlocution a person is still able to get the intended message across (albeit in most times a few more Words) without using the Words(s) that have been forgotten or unlearned.

Example: a person does not know/cannot remember the Word "Taxi"

"I took a ride downtown in a car and had to pay the driver a fare. Personally I thought it was way too much, but I had no other ride!"

Not the best example, but it works.