roll

[[t]roʊl[/t]]

v. i.

1) to move along a surface by turning over and over

2) to move or be moved on wheels

3) to flow or advance with an undulating motion, as waves

4) to extend in undulations, as land

5) to elapse, as time

6) to move as in a cycle, as seasons (usu. fol. by round or around)

7) to emit or have a deep, prolonged sound, as thunder

8) to trill, as a bird

9) to turn over, as a person lying down

10) (of the eyes) to turn around in different directions

11) (of a vessel)

a) naut. navig. to rock from side to side in open water

b) naut. navig. to sail with a side-to-side rocking motion

12) to walk with a swinging or swaying gait

13) inf Informal.

a) to begin to move or operate:

Let's roll at sunrise[/ex]

b) to make progress; advance:

The project is really rolling now[/ex]

14) to curl up so as to form a ball or cylinder

15) to become spread out or flattened

16) aer. (of an aircraft or rocket) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by rotation about the longitudinal axis

17) to cause to move along a surface by turning over and over

18) trs to move along on wheels or rollers

19) to drive or cause to flow onward with an undulating motion

20) to utter or give forth with a full, flowing, continuous sound

21) to trill: to roll one's r

's[/ex]

22) to cause to turn over

23) to turn around in different directions:

to roll one's eyes[/ex]

24) to cause to sway or rock from side to side, as a ship

25) to wrap around an axis or around itself:

to roll string[/ex]

26) to make by forming into a cylinder:

to roll a cigarette[/ex]

27) to spread out flat (something curled up) (often fol. by out)

28) to wrap or envelop, as in a covering

29) to spread out, level, compact, or the like, as with a rolling pin

30) to beat (a drum) with rapid, continuous strokes

31) (in certain games, as craps) to throw (dice)

32) pri to apply (ink) with a roller or series of rollers

33) sts Slang. to rob, esp. by going through the pockets of a victim who is asleep or drunk

34) phv roll back, to reduce (prices, wages, etc.) to a former level

35) phv roll in, Informal.

to arrive, esp. in large numbers or quantity:

When does the money start rolling in?[/ex]

36) phv roll out

a) to spread out or flatten

b) Informal. to arise, as from bed

c) spo Football. to execute a rollout

37) phv roll over, to reinvest (funds), as from one stock or bond into another

38) phv roll up

a) to amass in increasing quantities or amounts

b) to arrive in a car, carriage, or other vehicle

39) pri a piece of paper, parchment, or the like, that is rolled up

40) a register, catalog, or list, as of membership

41) anything rolled up in a ringlike or cylindrical form

42) a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form, often forming a definite measure

43) a cylindrical or rounded mass of something:

rolls of fat[/ex]

44) a roller

45) coo

a) thin cake spread with jelly or the like and rolled up

b) coo a small cake of bread sometimes folded over before baking

c) meat rolled up and cooked

46) an act or instance of rolling

47) undulation, as of a surface

48) a sonorous or rhythmical flow of words

49) a deep, prolonged sound, as of thunder or drums

50) anb the trill of certain birds

51) naut. navig. a rolling motion or gait

52) Aerospace.

a) a single, complete rotation of an airplane about the axis of the fuselage with little loss of altitude or change of direction

b) (of an aircraft or rocket) the act of rolling

c) the angular displacement caused by rolling

53) Informal.

a) paper currency carried folded or rolled up

b) bankroll; funds

54) (in various dice games)

a) a single cast of or turn at casting the dice

b) the total number of pips or points made by a single cast; score or point

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- on a roll roll with the punches

Etymology: 1175–1225; (n.) ME: scroll, register, cylindrical object < OF ro(u)lle < L rotulus, rotula small wheel, dim. of rota wheel; (v.) ME < OF rol(l)er < VL *rotulare, der. of L rotulus, rotula syn: See list I .