The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
go-around \go-around\ n. (aeronautics) A landing approach that fails and gives way to another attempt. Syn: overshoot, wave-off. [WordNet 1.5]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
go-around n 1: an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: overshoot, wave-off, go-around]