roll

Plural: rolls

Noun

• rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• a list of names
  • "his name was struck off the rolls"
• a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
• photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
  • "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag"
• small rounded bread either plain or sweet
• a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
• the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
• a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
• anything rolled up in cylindrical form
• the act of throwing dice
• walking with a swaying gait
• a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
• the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
• 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.
• Something which rolls.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
• An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: rolled, rolling, rolls

• To move by turning over and over; to rotate.
• move by turning over or rotating
  • "The child rolled down the hill"
• move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
  • "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
• occur in soft rounded shapes
  • "The hills rolled past"
• flatten or spread with a roller
  • "roll out the paper"
• emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
  • "The thunder rolled"
  • "rolling drums"
• arrange or or coil around
  • "roll your hair around your finger"
• begin operating or running
  • "The cameras were rolling"
  • "The presses are already rolling"
• shape by rolling
  • "roll a cigarette"
• execute a roll, in tumbling
  • "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
• move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  • "the waves rolled towards the beach"
• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  • "They rolled from town to town"
• move, rock, or sway from side to side
  • "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
• cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
  • "She rolled the ball"
  • "They rolled their eyes at his words"
• pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
  • "She rolls her r's"
• boil vigorously
  • "The water rolled"
• take the shape of a roll or cylinder
  • "the carpet rolled out"
  • "Yarn rolls well"
• show certain properties when being rolled
  • "The carpet rolls unevenly"
  • "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
• To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
• 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 with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
• To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
• To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
• To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
• To move upon rollers or wheels.
• To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
• To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
• To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
• To compete, especially with vigor.
• To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
• To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
• To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
• 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, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
• To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
• To throw dice.
• To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
• To throw dice.
• To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
• To throw dice.
• To generate a random number.
• To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
• To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
• To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
• To travel by sailing.
• To beat up; to assault.
• To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
• To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
• To (cause to) film.
• To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
• To have a rolling aspect.
• To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
• To utter with an alveolar trill.
• To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
• To create a customized version of.
• To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
• To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
• To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.

Examples

• a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
• a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
• Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
• Containers will be rolled to another mother vessel.
• He hoped the dice would ROLL in his favor, but this was Scrabble, not craps.
• He is on a roll tonight.
• He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
• Hear the roll of cannon.
• I want to get there early; let's roll.
• I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
• I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
• If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
• It's time to roll the cameras.
• Let's roll around town on foot and see the sights.
• Look at the roll of the waves.
• Make your roll.
• Many languages roll their r's.
• OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
• Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
• She has a bombproof roll.
• That was a good roll.
• The cameras are rolling.
• The child will roll on the floor.
• The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
• The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
• the hills rolled on
• The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
• The pastry rolls well.
• The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.
• the roll of a ball
• the roll of her eyes
• The roll of solicitors contains the names of all admitted solicitors of a jurisdiction.
• The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
• The years roll on.
• There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.
• This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
• to pass rails through the rolls
• to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails.
• To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
• To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
• To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
• To roll up the vase in bubble wrap.
• Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
• With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.

Synonyms

axial motion, axial rotation, bankroll, bowl, bun, cast, coil, curl, curlicue, drift, drum roll, flap, gyre, hustle, paradiddle, peal, pealing, pluck, ramble, range, revolve, ringlet, roam, roll out, roll up, roller, rolling, rolling wave, roster, rove, scroll, seethe, stray, swan, tramp, turn over, twine, undulate, vagabond, wander, wave, wheel, whorl, wind, wrap

Antonyms

unwind

Related Words

Rolls, welt