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Verb (used without object)
to revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis or a person or animal lying down.
(of a vessel)
- to rock from side to side in open water. Compare heave ( def. 14b ) , pitch 1 ( def. 20 ) .
- to sail with a side-to-side rocking motion.
Verb (used with object)
to cause to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a cask, a ball, or a hoop.
to wrap (something) around an axis, around upon itself, or into a cylindrical shape, ball, or the like
Noun
a list, register, or catalog, esp. one containing the names of the persons belonging to a company, class, society, etc.
a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form (often forming a definite measure).
Cookery .
- thin cake spread with jelly or the like and rolled up.
- a small cake of bread, originally and still often rolled or doubled on itself before baking.
- meat rolled up and cooked.
Aerospace .
- a single, complete rotation of an airplane about the axis of the fuselage with little loss of altitude or change of direction.
- (of an aircraft or rocket) the act of rolling.
- the angular displacement caused by rolling.
Verb phrases
roll back, to reduce (the price of a commodity, wages, etc.) to a former level, usually in response to government action.
roll in, Informal .
- to luxuriate in; abound in
- rolling in money.
- to go to bed; retire
- They would roll in later and later every night.
- to mix and average the cost of (a higher-priced commodity or item) with that of a cheaper one so as to increase the retail price.
- to add
- Labor wants to roll in periodic increases with their wage demands.
- to arrive, esp. in large numbers or quantity
- When do my dividends start rolling in?
Idioms
on a roll
- (in a gambling game) having a continuing winning streak.
- enjoying continuing good luck or success
- She's been on a roll since taking that course on sales techniques.
Synonyms
noun
- cycle , gyration , reel , revolution , rotation , run , spin , trundling , turn , twirl , undulation , whirl , ball , barrel , bobbin , cartouche , coil , cone , convolution , cornucopia , cylinder , fold , rundle , scroll , shell , spiral , spool , trundle , volute , wheel , whorl , annals , catalog , census , chronicle , directory , head count , index , muster , nose count , register , roll call , schedule , table , barrage , boom , booming , clangor , drone , drumbeat , drumming , echoing , grumble , quaver , racket , rat-a-tat , resonance , roar , rumble , rumbling , thunder , roster
verb
- alternate , be in sequence , bowl , circle , circumduct , coil , curve , drape , drive , eddy , elapse , enfold , entwine , envelop , flow , fold , follow , furl , go around , go past , gyrate , gyre , impel , pass , pirouette , pivot , propel , reel , rock , rotate , run , spin , spiral , succeed , swaddle , swathe , swing around , swirl , swivel , trundle , twirl , twist , undulate , wheel , whirl , wind , wrap , even , flatten , grind , level , press , pulverize , smooth , bombinate , boom , cannonade , drum , echo , growl , grumble , hum , pattern , quaver , rattle , re-echo , resound , roar , ruffle , rumble , rustle , sound , trill , whirr , billow , drift , glide , heave , incline , jibe , lean , lumber , lurch , pitch , ramble , range , roam , rove , stagger , stray , surge , swagger , swing , toss , tumble , waddle , wallow , wave , welter , yaw , enwrap , infold , invest , wrap up , seesaw , sail , bask , indulge , revel , rollick , bagel , bread , bun , circumgyrate , convolve , croissant , danish , fluctuate , inwrap , revolve , sway , titubate , turn
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