roll
verbEtymology
From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source. Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow.
Definitions
To revolve by turning over and over
To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
- The child will roll on the floor.
- Huge Trunks of Trees, fell'd from the ſteepy Crown / Of the bare Mountains, rowl with Ruin down.
To wrap (something) round on itself
To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
- The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage
To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- To roll up the vase in bubble wrap.
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To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
- The years roll on.
To utter copiously, especially with sounding words
To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
- To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails.
- The pastry rolls well.
To move upon rollers or wheels.
- We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
To tumble in gymnastics
To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
To leave or begin a journey
To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- I want to get there early; let's roll.
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts
To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
- Here tell me, if thou darest, my conscious soul, what different sorrows did within thee roll?
To behave in a certain way
To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
- "This is how we roll in Spring Valley," one teen reportedly boasted.
To throw dice.
- If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
- With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end"…
To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare…
To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
To beat up
To beat up; to assault.
- Sometimes I'd roll a stray drunk, maybe steal a suitcase . . . anything so I could make it till morning
- They rolled him for his money, and that would have been that, but the guy tried to fight back.
To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
- The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
- He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- Cindy replied, “Wow, that’s great. Did you try E at those parties?” Steel said, “Oh yeah. I was rolling hard at the Willy Wonka party.”
- The crowd was rolling on Ecstasy, and the lights enhanced the experience. […] He would use it to keep his teeth from chattering while he was rolling.
To (cause to) film.
- The cameras are rolling.
- It's time to roll the cameras.
To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.
- Rolled far too easily by Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Demichelis compounded his error by standing on the striker's foot. In the absence of the injured Watson, Gómez converted the penalty.
To have a rolling aspect.
- the hills rolled on
- In this part of Warwickshire, the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds.
To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
To utter with an alveolar trill.
- Many languages roll their r's.
To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
To create a customized version of.
- Let's go through and outline how you might roll a kernel for a networked Linux machine you are using as your desktop machine and a file server for a network of Windows and Mac machines.
- For the second prototype's example, shown in Listing 5–64, we roll our own version of the Sum operator.
To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- Containers will be rolled to another mother vessel.
To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession,…
To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- the roll of a ball
- Look at the roll of the waves.
- the roll of her eyes
Something formed into a compact shape by being rolled up.
- a roll of banknotes
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
Something which rolls.
A swagger or rolling gait.
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- Hear the roll of cannon.
- There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by…
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its…
The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft…
The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations…
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- Make your roll.
- Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase…
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- He is on a roll tonight.
A training match for a fighting dog.
An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting…
An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- That was a good roll.
The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the…
The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- She has a bombproof roll.
Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at…
Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being…
An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
A 14-day deployment.
That which is rolled up.
- a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled…
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- Busy angels spread / The lasting roll, recording what we say.
An official or public document
An official or public document; a register; a record.
- As to the rolls of parliament, viz. the entry of the several petitions, answers and transactions in parliament. Those are generally and successively extant of record in the Tower
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- The roll of solicitors contains the names of all admitted solicitors of a jurisdiction.
- Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
- The roll and list of that army doth remain.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!
A part
A part; an office; a duty; a role.
- THE Methods of Government and of Humane Society, muſt be Preſerv’d, where Every Man has his Roll, and his Station Aſſign’d him ; and it is not for One Man to break in upon the Province of Another.
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- Parchement is sold by the dozen, and by the roll of five dozens.
A diminutive of the male given name Roland.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
aileron roll, antiroll, anti-roll bar, backroll, backwards roll, barrel roll, beadroll, bedroll, blue roll, bookroll, borrow roll, brushroll, cannon roll, checkroll, chin roll, combat roll, dead roll, death roll, dice roll, drum roll, duckroll, Dutch roll, Easter egg roll, egg roll, faceroll, finger roll, forward roll, forwards roll, freeroll, Goldman roll, Granby roll, hand roll, handroll, head roll, kathi roll, kati roll, kayak roll, landing roll, leafroll, lobster roll · +136 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at roll. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at roll. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at roll
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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