roll

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roll

[rohl]

–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), pitch ¹ (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. punch ¹ (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 list ¹ . 47. spindle.

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roll (rōl)

v. rolled, roll·ing, rolls

v. intr.

To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers: rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
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.
To go by; elapse: The days rolled along.
To recur. Often used with around: Summer has rolled around again.
To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
To turn over and over: The puppy rolled in the mud.
To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually: The child's eyes rolled with fright.
To turn around or revolve on or as if on an axis.
To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate: The waves rolled toward shore.
To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls: The dunes roll to the sea.
To move or rock from side to side: The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
To take the shape of a ball or cylinder: Yarn rolls easily.
To become flattened by or as if by pressure applied by a roller.
To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound: Thunder rolled in the distance.
To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
To pour or flow in or as if in a continual stream: tourists rolling into the city.
To enjoy ample amounts: rolled in the money.

v. tr.

To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
To move or push along on wheels or rollers: rolled the plane out of the hangar.
To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion: The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
To impart a swaying, rocking motion to: Heavy seas rolled the ship.
To turn around or partly turn around; rotate: rolled his head toward the door.
To cause to begin moving or operating: roll the cameras; roll the presses.
To extend or lay out: rolled out a long rope.
To pronounce or utter with a trill: You must roll your r's in Spanish.
To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
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.
To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller: roll pastry dough.
Printing To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
Games To throw (dice), as in craps.
Slang To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).

The act or an instance of rolling.
Something rolled up: a roll of tape.
A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
A register or a catalogue.
A list of names of persons belonging to a group.
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.
A rolling, swaying, or rocking motion.
A gentle swell or undulation of a surface: the roll of the plains.
A deep reverberation or rumble: the roll of thunder.
A rapid succession of short sounds: the roll of a drum.
A trill: the roll of his r's.
A resonant, rhythmical flow of words.
A roller, especially a cylinder on which to roll something up or with which to flatten something.
A maneuver in which an airplane makes a single complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
Slang Money, especially a wad of paper money.
To reduce (prices or wages, for example) to a previous lower level.
To cause to turn back or retreat.
To get out of bed.
Football To execute a rollout.
To defer or postpone payment of (an obligation).
To renegotiate the terms of (a financial deal).
To reinvest (funds from a maturing security or from a tax-deferred account) into a similar security or account.
To arrive in a vehicle.
To accumulate; amass: rolled up quite a fortune.

Phrasal Verb(s):
roll back

To reduce (prices or wages, for example) to a previous lower level.
To cause to turn back or retreat.

roll out

To get out of bed.
Football To execute a rollout.

roll over

To defer or postpone payment of (an obligation).
To renegotiate the terms of (a financial deal).
To reinvest (funds from a maturing security or from a tax-deferred account) into a similar security or account.

roll up

To arrive in a vehicle.
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.]

Financial Dictionary

roll

See roll over.

Legal Dictionary

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

Bible Dictionary

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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Idioms & Phrases

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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