Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
- intransitive verb To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers.
- intransitive verb To travel around; wander.
- intransitive verb To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
- intransitive verb To be carried on a stream.
- intransitive verb To start to move or operate.
- intransitive verb To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum.
- intransitive verb To go by; elapse.
- intransitive verb To recur. Often used with around:
- intransitive verb To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
- intransitive verb To turn over and over.
- intransitive verb To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually.
- intransitive verb To turn around or revolve on an axis.
- intransitive verb To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate.
- intransitive verb To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls.
- intransitive verb To move or rock from side to side.
- intransitive verb To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
- intransitive verb Slang To experience periodic rushes after taking an intoxicating drug, especially MDMA.
- intransitive verb To take the shape of a ball or cylinder.
- intransitive verb To become flattened by pressure applied by a roller.
- intransitive verb To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound.
- intransitive verb To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
- intransitive verb To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
- intransitive verb To pour, flow, or move in a continual stream.
- intransitive verb To enjoy ample amounts.
- intransitive verb To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
- intransitive verb To move or push along on wheels or rollers.
- intransitive verb To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion.
- intransitive verb To impart a swaying, rocking motion to.
- intransitive verb To turn around or partly turn around; rotate.
- intransitive verb To cause to begin moving or operating.
- intransitive verb To extend or lay out.
- intransitive verb To pronounce or utter with a trill.
- intransitive verb To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
- intransitive verb To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
- intransitive verb To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else. Often used with up:
- intransitive verb To envelop or enfold in a covering.
- intransitive verb To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder.
- intransitive verb To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller.
- intransitive verb Printing To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
- intransitive verb Games To throw (dice), as in craps.
- intransitive verb Slang To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).
- noun The act or an instance of rolling.
- noun Something rolled up.
- noun A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
- noun A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
- noun A register or a catalogue.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the expressions, The man walks -- The boy plays -- Thunders roll --- Warriors fight -- you perceive that the words _walks, plays, roll_, and _fight_, are _active verbs; _ and you cannot be at a loss to know, that the nouns _man, boy, thunders_, and
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
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Crispy salmon skin roll is good but I feel like it needs more substance, nevertheless the crunchiness and fattiness of it is amazing.
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Some of those interviews included that Red Skull would be the main villain in the movie, The Invaders plan to appear and that Johnston is looking at 6 actors currently for the title roll we reported this here.
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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I did recognize your voice Steve, and the title roll proved me right.
My Five Seconds of Fame Steve Perry 2007
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“Dinaaj,” I echo, letting the name roll off my tongue.
Star Trek Michael Jan Friedman 1999
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It’s called the skivvy roll or grunt roll, and it combines a shirt, underwear, and socks into a single compact bundle.
Skivvy Roll Technique for Efficient Packing | RECOIL OFFGRID Patrick McCarthy 2016
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Especially when drivers of big trucks can “roll coal” (output clouds of exhaust) and swerve into your lane and collide with you, and not even go to jail, it gives me pause.
Biking and public transportation in Renton and Seattle: Solving the first-mile and last-mile problems <a href=‘/aboutme/’>Tom Johnson</a> 2021
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It’s called the skivvy roll or grunt roll, and it combines a shirt, underwear, and socks into a single compact bundle.
Skivvy Roll Technique for Efficient Packing | RECOIL OFFGRID Patrick McCarthy 2016
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“Sgt. Justus told us the story of a 16-year-old girl whom he convinced to "roll" on her pimp. But before she could testify against him she disappeared -- and her pimp walked free.”
The Huffington Post, Pornland, Oregon: Child Prostitution in Portland, by Dan Rather, May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010