Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Moving on wheels, or as if on wheels.
- Making a continuous noise resembling the roll of a drum: as, a rolling fire of musketry.
- Wavy; undulating; rising and falling in gentle slopes.
- Turned over or down with the effect of a roll, or that may be so turned down.
- noun In tea manufacture, in China and elsewhere, the operation of pressing the withered leaf, by an arduous manipulation (in modernized practice by machinery). The object is to burst the cells to promote oxidation (in black tea: see under
tea ) and to render the extractive matter subject to infusion. The curling or twisting of the leaf results incidentally. - noun A reciprocating rotary motion about a fore-and-aft axis, more or less irregular, as of a ship at sea.
- noun Ornamenting, by means of a bookbinders' roll, the edges or inner covers of a full-bound book.
- noun Smoothing or polishing paper by means of calendering rollers.
- noun A method of taking trout.
- noun Same as
roll , 5. - noun A twist or partial knot by which the thread is secured to the bobbin in lace-making.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot.
- adjective Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers.
- adjective U.S. Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface.
- adjective See the Note under
Drawbridge . - adjective the circle described by the point whose velocity equals the velocity of the ship.
- adjective (Mil.) a discharge of firearms by soldiers in line, in quick succession, and in the order in which they stand.
- adjective that resistance to motion experienced by one body rolling upon another which arises from the roughness or other quality of the surfaces in contact.
- adjective a mill furnished with heavy rolls, between which heated metal is passed, to form it into sheets, rails, etc.
- adjective A printing press with a roller, used in copperplate printing.
- adjective the locomotives and vehicles of a railway.
- adjective (Naut.) tackle used to steady the yards when the ship rolls heavily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
roll .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun propelling something on wheels
- adjective uttered with a trill
- noun the act of robbing a helpless person
- noun a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
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Examples
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That's what you call rolling the rock up the hill, Lisa.
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That's what you call the rolling the rock up the hill, Lisa.
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That's what you call the rolling the rock up the hill, Lisa.
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That's what you call rolling the rock up the hill, Lisa.
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I'll have to do some math on that one, because I've got that Yukon XL, which I call the rolling zip code.
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And I figured my car, the Yukon XL, which I call a rolling zip code, I figured would be on the list of least efficient cars, but no! ANDY SERWER, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: You don't quite make it, but I'm sure it's pretty close.
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He proposes now again what he calls rolling back some of the tax cut that's raising taxes.
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He proposes now again what he calls rolling back some of the tax cut -- that's raising taxes; 1.7 million Minnesota families received rebates as a result of this tax bill, and that's a good thing for Minnesota.
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WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Bernie, one thing that's going to be a lot different that we're going to see at this Republican Convention is what they call a rolling roll call.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Republicans Open Their National Convention - July 31, 2000 2000
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The SAAU is planning what it describes as rolling protest action from September 28 to October 2 against the government's failure to curb crime.
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While illegal, some drivers flaunt their ability to pollute, via the behavior known as “rolling coal,” in which drivers of modified diesel trucks blow black smoke at targets of their disapproval (often Prius drivers or bicyclists).
gangerh commented on the word rolling
This means that the film is running in the camera. See also turning and speed.
July 7, 2008