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Meaning
Verb
●
To cause to
revolve
by
turning over
and over; to
move
by
turning on
an
axis
; to
impel
forward by
causing
to
turn over
and over on a
supporting
surface.
●
To
turn over
and over.
●
To
tumble in
gymnastics
; to do a somersault.
●
To
wrap
(something)
round on
itself; to form into a
spherical
or
cylindrical
body by
causing
to
turn over
and over.
●
To
bind
or
involve
by
winding
,
as in
a
bandage
; to
enwrap
; often with up.
●
To be
wound
or
formed
into a
cylinder
or ball.
●
To
drive
or
impel
forward with an
easy
motion
,
as of
rolling.
●
To
utter
copiously
, especially with
sounding
words
; to
utter
with a
deep
sound
; — often with forth, or out.
●
To
press
or
level with
a roll
er; to
spread
or form with
a roll
,
roller
, or
roller
s.
●
To
spread
itself under a
roller
or rolling-pin.
●
To
move
, or cause to be
moved
, upon, or
by means of
,
rollers
or small wheels.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
To
leave
or
begin
a journey.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
To
compete
, especially with vigor.
●
To
beat
with
rapid
,
continuous
strokes
, as a
drum
; to
sound
a roll
upon.
●
In Geometry:
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
; to revolve.
●
In American English:
To
behave
in a certain way; to
adopt
a general
disposition
toward a situation.
●
In Dice games:
To
throw
dice.
●
In Dice games:
To
roll
dice
such that
they form a given
pattern
or total.
●
In Role-playing games:
To create a new
character
in a
role-playing game
, especially by using
dice
to
determine
properties.
●
In Computing:
To
generate
a
random
number.
●
In Aviation & Nautical:
To
rotate
about the
fore-and-aft
axis
,
causing
its
sides
to
go up
and down. Compare pitch.
●
To
travel
by sailing.
●
To
beat up
; to assault.
●
To cause to
betray
secrets
or to
testify
for the prosecution.
●
To
betray
secrets.
●
To be
under the influence
of MDMA (a
psychedelic
stimulant
,
also known as
ecstasy).
●
To (cause to) film.
●
In Football (soccer):
To
slip
past
(a
defender
) with the ball.
●
To have a
rolling
aspect.
●
To
perform
a
periodical
revolution
; to
move
onward
as with
a
revolution
.
●
To
move
, like
waves
or
billows
, with
alternate
swell
and depression.
●
to
move
and cause an effect on someone
●
To make a
loud
or
heavy
rumbling
noise.
●
To
utter
with an
alveolar
trill.
●
In American English:
To
enrobe
in
toilet-paper
(as a
prank
or spectacle).
●
To create a
customized
version
of.
●
In Martial arts:
To
engage
in
sparring
in the
context
of
jujitsu
or other
grappling
disciplines.
●
In Shipping:
To
load
ocean
freight
cargo
onto a
vessel
other than
the one
it was
meant to
sail
on.
Noun
●
The
act
or result of
rolling
, or
state of being
rolled.
●
A forward or
backward
roll in
gymnastics
; going
head over heels
. A tumble.
●
Something which rolls.
A
heavy
cylinder
used to
break
clods.
One of a set of
revolving
cylinders
, or
rollers
, between which
metal
is
pressed
,
formed
, or
smoothed
,
as in
a
rolling
mill.
●
A
swagger
or
rolling
gait.
●
A
heavy
,
reverberatory
sound.
●
The
uniform
beating
of a
drum
with
strokes
so
rapid
as
scarcely
to be
distinguished
by the ear.
●
In Aviation & Nautical:
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.
●
In Nautical:
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.
●
An
instance
of the
act
of
rolling
an
aircraft
through one or more
complete
rotations
about its
longitudinal
axis.
●
The
act
of, or total
resulting
from,
rolling
one or more dice.
●
A
winning streak
of
continuing
luck
, especially at
gambling
(and especially in the
phrase
on a roll).
●
A training
match
for a
fighting
dog.
●
In American English:
An
instance
of the
act
of
righting
a
canoe
or
kayak
which has
capsized
, without
exiting
the
watercraft
, or being assisted.
●
The
skill
of
righting
a
canoe
or
kayak
which has
capsized
, without
exiting
the
watercraft
, or being assisted.
●
In Finance:
Any of various
financial instruments
or
transactions
that
involve
opposite
positions
at different
expiries
, "rolling" a
position
from one
expiry
to another.
●
That which is
rolled
up.
●
A
document
written
on a
piece
of
parchment
,
paper
, or other
materials
which may be
rolled up
; a scroll.
●
An
official
or public
document
; a
register
; a record.
●
A
catalogue
or
list
, (especially) one
kept
for
official
purposes.
●
A
quantity
of
cloth
wound
into a
cylindrical
form.
●
A
cylindrical
twist
of tobacco.
●
A
kind of
shortened
raised
biscuit
or
bread
, often
rolled
or
doubled
upon itself;
see also
bread
roll.
●
A part; an
office
; a
duty
; a role.
●
A
measure
of
parchments
,
containing
five
dozen.
Name
●
A
diminutive
of the
male
given name
Roland.
●
A surname.
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