roll
IPA: rˈoʊɫ
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.
- (nautical, aviation) 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.
- (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.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (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.
- (obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- A diminutive of the male given name Roland.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To turn over and over.
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
- (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
- (transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
- (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (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.
- (transitive) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- (dice games, intransitive) To throw dice.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (roleplaying games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (intransitive, computing) To generate a random number.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- (transitive) To beat up; to assault.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- (transitive, intransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (figurative, intransitive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- (intransitive) To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- (figurative, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- (intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
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Examples of "roll" in Sentences
- I scaled the rolling hill.
- Let's keep the snowball rolling.
- The rock is rolling precipitantly.
- The bubble is pressed to roll the dice.
- The Rolling Stones are extremely pretentious.
- Workers use rolls of paper towels to clean up the mess.
- The spin will alternate and dampen until the ball rolls flat.
- The slope or break of the green also affects the roll of the ball.
- It may also be rolled, like the oblate ball used in the game of bowls.
- Idler rolls around the drive shaft form the remaining length of each roll.
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