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rolling

adj
/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/UK/ˈɹol.ɪŋ/US

Etymology

By surface analysis, roll + -ing.

Definitions

  1. Drunk

    Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.

  2. Staggered in time and space.

    • on a rolling basis
    • a 90-day rolling business plan
    • rolling blackouts or brownouts

  3. Moving by turning over and over about an axis.

    • The rolling mist came down and hid the land: / And never home came she.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).

      • From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.
      • 2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey. I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca

    2. Making a continuous sound.

    3. Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).

      • Why one man who used to take me out, who was absolutely rolling, never tipped anyone.

    4. having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.

    5. Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).

    6. present participle and gerund of roll

    7. The act by which something is rolled.

      • Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.

    8. A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one…

      A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.

    9. A surname.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rolling. 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.

01rolling02intoxicated03drunk04excessive05immoderate06moderate07mild08felt

A definitional loop anchored at rolling. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at rolling

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA