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[roh-ler] Pronunciation Key
[roh-ler] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person or thing that rolls. |
| 2. | a cylinder, wheel, caster, or the like, upon which something is rolled along. |
| 3. | a cylindrical body, revolving on a fixed axis, esp. one to facilitate the movement of something passed over or around it. |
| 4. | a cylindrical object upon which something is rolled up: the roller of a window shade. |
| 5. | a hollow, cylindrical object of plastic, stiff net, or the like, upon which hair is rolled up for setting. |
| 6. | a cylindrical body for rolling over something to be spread out, leveled, crushed, smoothed, compacted, impressed, inked, etc. |
| 7. | any of various other revolving cylindrical bodies, as the barrel of a music box. |
| 8. | Metalworking. a person in charge of a rolling mill. |
| 9. | a long, swelling wave advancing steadily. |
| 10. | a rolled bandage. |
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roll·er2
[roh-ler] Pronunciation Key
[roh-ler] Pronunciation Key –noun Ornithology.
| 1. | any of several Old World birds of the family Coraciidae that tumble or roll over in flight, esp. in the breeding season. |
| 2. | tumbler (def. 9). |
| 3. | one of a variety of canaries having a warbling or trilling song. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| roll·er 1
(rō'lər) Pronunciation Key
n.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| rol·ler 2
(rō'lər) Pronunciation Key
n.
[German, from rollen, to roll, burble; see rollmops.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
roller (n.)
roller (n.)
c.1420, "rolling pin," from roll (v.). Meaning "hair-curler" is attested from 1795. Religious holy roller is attested from 1842, Amer.Eng. Roller-skate first attested 1863, Amer.Eng.; the verb is from 1928. Rollerblade is first attested 1985, a registered proprietary name in U.S. Roller-coaster is recorded from 1888; roller derby is from 1936.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| roller | |
noun | |
| 1. | a grounder that rolls along the infield |
| 2. | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore |
| 3. | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) |
| 4. | a cylinder that revolves |
| 5. | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight" [syn: curler] |
| 6. | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers |
| 7. | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Roller
Roll"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery. 3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather. 4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel. 5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them. --W. Savage. 6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man. 7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc. 8. (Zo["o]l.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix. 9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciad[ae]. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight. Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common European species (Coracias garrula) has the head, neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental roller (E. orientalis), and the Australian roller, or dollar bird (E. Pacificus). The latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white spot on the middle of each wing. 10. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricid[ae]. Ground roller (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground. Roller bolt, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.] Roller gin, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for separating the seeds from the fiber. Roller mill. See under Mill. Roller skate, a skate which has small wheels in the place of the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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