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roll       [rohl] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object)
1.to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
2.to move or be moved on wheels, as a vehicle or its occupants.
3.to flow or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as water, waves, or smoke.
4.to extend in undulations, as land.
5.to elapse, pass, or move, as time (often fol. by on, away, or by).
6.to move as in a cycle (usually fol. by round or around): as soon as summer rolls round again.
7.to perform a periodical revolution in an orbit, as a heavenly body.
8.to emit or have a deep, prolonged sound, as thunder, drums, etc.
9.to trill, as a bird.
10.to revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis or a person or animal lying down.
11.to turn around in different directions or in a circle, as the eyes in their sockets.
12.(of a vessel)
a.to rock from side to side in open water. Compare heave (def. 14b), pitch1 (def. 20).
b.to sail with a side-to-side rocking motion.
13.to walk with a swinging or swaying gait.
14.Informal. to begin to move or operate; start; commence: Let's roll at sunrise.
15.Informal. to go forward or advance without restrictions or impediments: The economy is finally beginning to roll.
16.to curl up so as to form a tube or cylinder.
17.to admit of being formed into a tube or cylinder by curling up.
18.to be spread out after being curled up (usually fol. by out).
19.to spread out as under a roller: The paint rolls easily.
20.Aviation. (of an aircraft or rocket) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by rotation about its longitudinal axis.
–verb (used with object)
21.to cause to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a cask, a ball, or a hoop.
22.to move along on wheels or rollers; convey in a wheeled vehicle.
23.to drive, impel, or cause to flow onward with a sweeping or undulating motion: The wind rolled the waves high on the beach.
24.to utter or give forth with a full, flowing, continuous sound: rolling his orotund phrases.
25.to trill: to roll one's r's.
26.to cause to revolve or turn over or over and over: to roll oneself on one's face.
27.to cause to sway or rock from side to side, as a ship.
28.to wrap (something) around an axis, around upon itself, or into a cylindrical shape, ball, or the like: to roll string.
29.to make by forming a tube or cylinder: to roll a cigarette.
30.to spread out flat (something curled up) (often fol. by out): He rolled the map out on the table.
31.to wrap, enfold, or envelop, as in some covering: to roll a child in a blanket.
32.to spread out, level, smooth, compact, or the like, as with a rolling pin, roller, the hands, etc.: to roll dough; to roll a tennis court.
33.to form (metal) in a rolling mill.
34.to tumble (metal pieces and abrasives) in a box or barrel in such a way that their relative positions remain the same.
35.to beat (a drum) with rapid, continuous strokes.
36.(in certain games, as craps) to cast, or throw (dice).
37.Printing. to apply (ink) with a roller or series of rollers.
38.Slang. to rob, esp. by going through the pockets of a victim who is either asleep or drunk.
–noun
39.a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
40.a list, register, or catalog, esp. one containing the names of the persons belonging to a company, class, society, etc.
41.anything rolled up in a ringlike or cylindrical form: a roll of wire.
42.a number of papers or other items rolled up together.
43.a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form (often forming a definite measure).
44.a cylindrical or rounded mass of something: rolls of fat.
45.some article of cylindrical or rounded form, as a molding.
46.a cylindrical piece upon which something is rolled along to facilitate moving.
47.a cylinder serving as a core upon which something is rolled up.
48.a roller with which something is spread out, leveled, crushed, smoothed, compacted, or the like.
49.Cookery.
a.thin cake spread with jelly or the like and rolled up.
b.a small cake of bread, originally and still often rolled or doubled on itself before baking.
c.meat rolled up and cooked.
50.the act or process or an instance of rolling.
51.undulation, as of a surface: the roll of a prairie.
52.a sonorous or rhythmical flow of words.
53.a deep, prolonged sound, as of thunder: the deep roll of a breaking wave.
54.the trill of certain birds, esp. of the roller canary.
55.the continuous sound of a drum rapidly beaten.
56.a rolling motion, as of a ship.
57.a rolling or swaying gait.
58.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.
59.Informal.
a.paper currency carried folded or rolled up: He took out an impressive roll and paid the check with a $100 bill.
b.bankroll; funds: People were encouraged to shoot their rolls on mining speculation.
60.(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.
—Verb phrases
61.roll back, to reduce (the price of a commodity, wages, etc.) to a former level, usually in response to government action.
62.roll in, Informal.
a.to luxuriate in; abound in: rolling in money.
b.to go to bed; retire: They would roll in later and later every night.
c.to mix and average the cost of (a higher-priced commodity or item) with that of a cheaper one so as to increase the retail price.
d.to add: Labor wants to roll in periodic increases with their wage demands.
e.to arrive, esp. in large numbers or quantity: When do my dividends start rolling in?
63.roll out,
a.to spread out or flatten: to roll out dough.
b.Informal. to arise from bed; get up: It was nearly impossible to roll out on the first day back after vacation.
c.Football. to execute a rollout.
d.Informal. to introduce; unveil: a TV advertising campaign to roll out the new car.
64.roll up,
a.to accumulate; collect: to roll up a large vote.
b.to increase.
c.to arrive in a conveyance: He rolled up to the front door in a chauffeur-driven limousine.
—Idioms
65.on a roll,
a.(in a gambling game) having a continuing winning streak.
b.enjoying continuing good luck or success: She's been on a roll since taking that course on sales techniques.
66.roll in the hay, Slang. an instance of sexual intercourse.
67.roll one's eyes, to turn one's eyes around in different directions or in a circle, esp. as an expression of disbelief, annoyance, or impatience: He rolled his eyes when he heard the stupid joke.
68.roll with the punches. punch1 (def. 16).
69.strike off or from the rolls, to remove from membership or practice, as to disbar: He will surely be struck off the rolls if this conduct continues.
[Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) (in senses referring to rolled or round objects) ME: scroll, inscribed scroll, register, cylindrical object < OF ro(u)lle < L rotulus, rotula small wheel, dim. of rota wheel (see rotate, -ule); (in senses referring to motion) deriv. of the v.; (v.) ME rollen < OF rol(l)er < VL *rotulare, deriv. of L rotulus, rotula]

—Related forms
roll·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 1. revolve, rotate. 3. wave, undulate. 4. undulate. 12. swing, tilt. 40. See list1. 47. spindle.
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roll       (rōl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   rolled, roll·ing, rolls

v.   intr.
  1. To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
  2. To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers: rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
  3. To travel around; wander: roll from town to town.
    1. To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
    2. To be carried on a stream: The logs rolled down the cascading river.
    3. To start to move or operate: The press wouldn't roll.
    4. To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum: The political campaign finally began to roll.
    1. To start to move or operate: The press wouldn't roll.
    2. To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum: The political campaign finally began to roll.
  6. To go by; elapse: The days rolled along.
  7. To recur. Often used with around: Summer has rolled around again.
  8. To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
  9. To turn over and over: The puppy rolled in the mud.
  10. To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually: The child's eyes rolled with fright.
  11. To turn around or revolve on or as if on an axis.
  12. To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate: The waves rolled toward shore.
  13. To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls: The dunes roll to the sea.
  14. To move or rock from side to side: The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
  15. To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
  16. To take the shape of a ball or cylinder: Yarn rolls easily.
  17. To become flattened by or as if by pressure applied by a roller.
  18. To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound: Thunder rolled in the distance.
  19. To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
  20. To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
  21. To pour or flow in or as if in a continual stream: tourists rolling into the city.
  22. To enjoy ample amounts: rolled in the money.

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
  2. To move or push along on wheels or rollers: rolled the plane out of the hangar.
  3. To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion: The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
  4. To impart a swaying, rocking motion to: Heavy seas rolled the ship.
  5. To turn around or partly turn around; rotate: rolled his head toward the door.
  6. To cause to begin moving or operating: roll the cameras; roll the presses.
  7. To extend or lay out: rolled out a long rope.
  8. To pronounce or utter with a trill: You must roll your r's in Spanish.
  9. To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
  10. To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
  11. To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else: roll up a poster.
    1. To envelop or enfold in a covering: roll dirty laundry in a sheet.
    2. To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder: roll a cigarette.
  13. To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller: roll pastry dough.
  14. Printing To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
  15. Games To throw (dice), as in craps.
  16. Slang To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).

n.  
  1. The act or an instance of rolling.
  2. Something rolled up: a roll of tape.
  3. A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
  4. A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
  5. A register or a catalogue.
  6. A list of names of persons belonging to a group.
  7. A mass in cylindrical or rounded form: a roll of tobacco.
    1. A small rounded portion of bread.
    2. A portion of food shaped like a tube with a filling.
  9. A rolling, swaying, or rocking motion.
  10. A gentle swell or undulation of a surface: the roll of the plains.
  11. A deep reverberation or rumble: the roll of thunder.
  12. A rapid succession of short sounds: the roll of a drum.
  13. A trill: the roll of his r's.
  14. A resonant, rhythmical flow of words.
  15. A roller, especially a cylinder on which to roll something up or with which to flatten something.
  16. A maneuver in which an airplane makes a single complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
  17. Slang Money, especially a wad of paper money.
  18. To reduce (prices or wages, for example) to a previous lower level.
  19. To cause to turn back or retreat.
  20. To get out of bed.
  21. Football To execute a rollout.
  22. To defer or postpone payment of (an obligation).
  23. To renegotiate the terms of (a financial deal).
  24. To reinvest (funds from a maturing security or from a tax-deferred account) into a similar security or account.
  25. To arrive in a vehicle.
  26. To accumulate; amass: rolled up quite a fortune.

Phrasal Verb(s):
roll back
  1. To reduce (prices or wages, for example) to a previous lower level.
  2. To cause to turn back or retreat.
roll out
  1. To get out of bed.
  2. Football To execute a rollout.
roll over
  1. To defer or postpone payment of (an obligation).
  2. To renegotiate the terms of (a financial deal).
  3. To reinvest (funds from a maturing security or from a tax-deferred account) into a similar security or account.
roll up
  1. To arrive in a vehicle.
  2. To accumulate; amass: rolled up quite a fortune.

Idiom(s):
on a roll Informal
Undergoing or experiencing sustained, even increasing good fortune or success: "The stock market's on a roll" (Karen Pennar).

Idiom(s):
roll in the hay Slang
Sexual intercourse.

Idiom(s):
roll the bones Games
To cast dice, especially in craps.

Idiom(s):
roll with the punches Slang
To cope with and withstand adversity, especially by being flexible.

[Middle English rollen, from Old French roler, from Vulgar Latin *rotulāre, from Latin rotula, diminutive of rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]

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roll  (n.)
c.1225, "rolled-up piece of parchment or paper," from O.Fr. rolle, from M.L. rotulus "a roll of paper," from L. rotula "small wheel," dim. of rota "wheel." Meaning "dough which is rolled before baking" is first recorded 1581. Meaning "quantity of paper money" is from 1846; sense of "quantity of (rolled) film" is from 1890. Meaning "act of sexual intercourse" is attested from 1942. The military roll-call is from 1775; rollback "reduction" is attested from 1942, Amer.Eng. Roll over "reinvest" is from 1957.

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roll  (v.)
c.1300 in intrans. sense of "to move by rotating;" c.1375 as "to move (something) by turning it over and over," from roll (n.).
"The rollyng stone neuer gatherth mosse." [John Heywood, "A dialogue conteinying the nomber in effect of all the proverbes in the Englishe tongue," 1546]
Of eyes, from 1513. Of a movie camera, "to start filming," from 1938. Sense of "to rob a stuporous drunk" is from 1873, from the action required to get to his pockets. To roll with the punches is a metaphor from boxing (1940). Rolling pin is recorded from 1497. Heads will roll is a Hitlerism:
"If our movement is victorious there will be a revolutionary tribunal which will punish the crimes of November 1918. Then decapitated heads will roll in the sand." [1930]

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roll

noun
1. rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" [syn: axial rotation] 
2. a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" 
3. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [syn: roller] 
4. photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light 
5. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil] 
6. 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" [syn: bankroll] 
7. small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun] 
8. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal] 
9. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously [syn: paradiddle] 
10. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn: scroll] 
11. anything rolled up in cylindrical form 
12. the act of throwing dice [syn: cast] 
13. walking with a swaying gait 
14. a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude 
15. the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) 

verb
1. move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" 
2. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" [syn: wheel] 
3. occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" 
4. flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" [syn: roll out] 
5. emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" 
6. arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" [syn: wind] [ant: unroll] 
7. begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" 
8. shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette" 
9. execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" 
10. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle] 
11. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" 
12. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" 
13. move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" 
14. 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" 
15. pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's" 
16. boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" [syn: seethe] 
17. take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" 
18. show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" 

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roll

In addition to the idioms beginning with roll, also see easy as pie (rolling off a log); get rolling; get the ball rolling; heads will roll; on a roll; red carpet.


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roll

See roll over.

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Main Entry: roll
Function: noun
1 : a document containing an official record
2 : an official list rolls>: as a : a list of members of a legislative body roll and recorded the votes> b : a list of practitioners in a court or the courts of a state —usually used in pl. c : a record kept by an authorized official of persons or property or both that are subject to taxation

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Roll, AZ Zip code(s): 85347

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Roll

Roll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rolling.] [OF. roeler, roler, F. rouler, LL. rotulare, fr. L. royulus, rotula, a little wheel, dim. of rota wheel; akin to G. rad, and to Skr. ratha car, chariot. Cf. Control, Roll, n., Rotary.]

1. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.

2. To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.

3. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.

4. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.

The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe. --J. A. Symonds.

5. To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.

Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies. --Tennyson.

6. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.

7. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.

8. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

9. (Geom.) 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 suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.

10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.

Full oft in heart he rolleth up and down The beauty of these florins new and bright. --Chaucer.

To roll one's self, to wallow.

To roll the eye, to direct its axis hither and thither in quick succession.

To roll one's r's, to utter the letter r with a trill. [Colloq.]

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Roll\, v. i. 1. To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.

And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls. --Shak.

2. To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street. "The rolling chair." --Dryden.

3. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.

4. To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.

5. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.

6. To turn; to move circularly.

And his red eyeballs roll with living fire. --Dryden.

7. To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.

What different sorrows did within thee roll. --Prior.

8. To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.

Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled. --Pope.

9. To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.

10. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.

11. To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

12. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.

To roll about, to gad abroad. [Obs.]

Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about. --Chaucer.

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Roll\, n. [F. r[^o]le a roll (in sense 3), fr. L. rotulus ? little wheel, LL., a roll, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll, v., and cf. R[^o]le, Rouleau, Roulette.]

1. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.

2. That which rolls; a roller. Specifically: (a) A heavy cylinder used to break clods. --Mortimer. (b) One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.

3. That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc. Specifically: (a) A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.

Busy angels spread The lasting roll, recording what we say. --Prior.

(b) Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.

The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant. --Sir M. Hale.

The roll and list of that army doth remain. --Sir J. Davies. (c) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon. (d) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

4. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.

5. (Naut.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.

6. A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.

7. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

8. Part; office; duty; r[^o]le. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

Long roll (Mil.), a prolonged roll of the drums, as the signal of an attack by the enemy, and for the troops to arrange themselves in line.

Master of the rolls. See under Master.

Roll call, the act, or the time, of calling over a list names, as among soldiers.

Rolls of court, of parliament (or of any public body), the parchments or rolls on which the acts and proceedings of that body are engrossed by the proper officer, and which constitute the records of such public body.

To call the roll, to call off or recite a list or roll of names of persons belonging to an organization, in order to ascertain who are present or to obtain responses from those present.

Syn: List; schedule; catalogue; register; inventory. See List.

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Roll

the common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll" or "volume" is _meghillah_, found in Ezra 6:2; Ps. 40:7; Jer. 36:2, 6, 23, 28, 29; Ezek. 2:9; 3:1-3; Zech. 5:1, 2. "Rolls" (Chald. pl. of sephar, corresponding to Heb. sepher) in Ezra 6:1 is rendered in the Revised Version "archives." In the New Testament the word "volume" (Heb. 10:7; R.V., "roll") occurs as the rendering of the Greek kephalis, meaning the head or top of the stick or cylinder on which the manuscript was rolled, and hence the manuscript itself. (See BOOK.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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