Any of various Old World birds of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings, stocky bodies, and hooked bills. They are noted for their aggressiveness and their habit of rolling and twisting in flight, especially during the breeding season.
A canary that trills.
[German, from rollen, to roll, burble; see rollmops.]
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.
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
any of a number of tube-shaped objects, or machines fitted with one or more such objects, for flattening, crushing, printing etc Example: a garden roller; a road-roller
Arabic:
مِدْحَلَه
Chinese (Simplified):
滚轧机
Chinese (Traditional):
滾軋機
Czech:
válec
Danish:
tromle; -tromle
Dutch:
wals
Estonian:
rull
Finnish:
jyrä
French:
rouleau
German:
die Walze
Greek:
κύλινδρος, οδοστρωτήρας
Hungarian:
henger
Icelandic:
kefli, valtari
Indonesian:
penggilas
Italian:
rullo; compressore
Japanese:
ローラー
Korean:
롤러
Latvian:
veltnis; rullis
Lithuanian:
volas, velenas
Norwegian:
valse, trommel
Polish:
walec
Portuguese (Brazil):
rolo
Portuguese (Portugal):
cilindro
Romanian:
a se scurge
Russian:
каток
Slovak:
valec
Slovenian:
valjar
Spanish:
rodillo
Swedish:
rulle, vals, vält, kavel
Turkish:
silindir
ˈroller2noun
a small tube-shaped object on which hair is wound to curl it
Arabic:
أسْطُوانَة لَف الشَّعْر
Chinese (Simplified):
卷发筒
Chinese (Traditional):
卷發筒
Czech:
natáčka
Danish:
curler
Dutch:
krulpen
Estonian:
juukserull
Finnish:
papiljotti
French:
rouleau
German:
der Lockenwickler
Greek:
μπικουτί, ρόλεϊ
Hungarian:
hajcsavaró
Icelandic:
hárrúlla
Indonesian:
rol rambut
Italian:
rullo, bigodino
Japanese:
ヘアーカーラー
Korean:
머리 마는 기구
Latvian:
matu rullītis
Lithuanian:
suktukas
Norwegian:
hårrull
Polish:
wałek
Portuguese (Brazil):
rolo
Portuguese (Portugal):
rolo
Romanian:
rulou; tăvălug; compresor
Russian:
бигуди
Slovak:
natáčka
Slovenian:
navijalka
Spanish:
rulo
Swedish:
rulle, spole
Turkish:
bigudi
ˈroller3noun
a small solid wheel or cylinder on which something can be rolled along
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.
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