Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
- intransitive verb To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers.
- intransitive verb To travel around; wander.
- intransitive verb To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
- intransitive verb To be carried on a stream.
- intransitive verb To start to move or operate.
- intransitive verb To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum.
- intransitive verb To go by; elapse.
- intransitive verb To recur. Often used with around:
- intransitive verb To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
- intransitive verb To turn over and over.
- intransitive verb To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually.
- intransitive verb To turn around or revolve on an axis.
- intransitive verb To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate.
- intransitive verb To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls.
- intransitive verb To move or rock from side to side.
- intransitive verb To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
- intransitive verb Slang To experience periodic rushes after taking an intoxicating drug, especially MDMA.
- intransitive verb To take the shape of a ball or cylinder.
- intransitive verb To become flattened by pressure applied by a roller.
- intransitive verb To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound.
- intransitive verb To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
- intransitive verb To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
- intransitive verb To pour, flow, or move in a continual stream.
- intransitive verb To enjoy ample amounts.
- intransitive verb To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
- intransitive verb To move or push along on wheels or rollers.
- intransitive verb To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion.
- intransitive verb To impart a swaying, rocking motion to.
- intransitive verb To turn around or partly turn around; rotate.
- intransitive verb To cause to begin moving or operating.
- intransitive verb To extend or lay out.
- intransitive verb To pronounce or utter with a trill.
- intransitive verb To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
- intransitive verb To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
- intransitive verb To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else. Often used with up:
- intransitive verb To envelop or enfold in a covering.
- intransitive verb To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder.
- intransitive verb To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller.
- intransitive verb Printing To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
- intransitive verb Games To throw (dice), as in craps.
- intransitive verb Slang To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).
- noun The act or an instance of rolling.
- noun Something rolled up.
- noun A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
- noun A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
- noun A register or a catalogue.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the expressions, The man walks -- The boy plays -- Thunders roll --- Warriors fight -- you perceive that the words _walks, plays, roll_, and _fight_, are _active verbs; _ and you cannot be at a loss to know, that the nouns _man, boy, thunders_, and
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Crispy salmon skin roll is good but I feel like it needs more substance, nevertheless the crunchiness and fattiness of it is amazing.
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Some of those interviews included that Red Skull would be the main villain in the movie, The Invaders plan to appear and that Johnston is looking at 6 actors currently for the title roll we reported this here.
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
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“For pleasure!” echoed Rollinat with relish, letting the word roll lubriciously around his mouth.
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I did recognize your voice Steve, and the title roll proved me right.
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“Dinaaj,” I echo, letting the name roll off my tongue.
john commented on the word roll
“Sgt. Justus told us the story of a 16-year-old girl whom he convinced to "roll" on her pimp. But before she could testify against him she disappeared -- and her pimp walked free.”
The Huffington Post, Pornland, Oregon: Child Prostitution in Portland, by Dan Rather, May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010