roll

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For verb: From Middle English rollen, from Old French roler, from Medieval Latin rotulare (“to roll", "revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

For noun: From Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus (“a roll", "list", "catalogue", "schedule", "record", "a paper or parchment rolled up"”).

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roll (third-person singular simple present rolls, present participle rolling, simple past and past participle rolled)

  1. (ergative) 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.
    to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
      The gentleman aimed the ball once or twice and then threw it up the strand towards Cissy Caffrey but it rolled down the slope and stopped right under Gerty's skirt near the little pool by the rock.
  2. To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
    to roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
  3. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; often with up.
    to roll up the map for shipping.
  4. (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
    This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
  5. (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out.
    to roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
  6. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
    to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails.
  7. (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
  8. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
    I want to get there early, let's roll.
  9. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
    OK guys, we're only down by 2 points, let's roll!
  10. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
  11. (geometry) 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 such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
  12. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
  13. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
    I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over, I don't roll like that.
    • 2006, Chris McKenna, "Kids at party chant as police sergeant is beaten by angry teens", Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY), Tuesday, November 21, [1].
      "This is how we roll in Spring Valley," one teen reportedly boasted.
  14. (gaming, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
  15. (gaming, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
    If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
    With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
  16. To have a rolling aspect
    the hills rolled on
  17. (gaming) To create a new character in a role-playing game.
    I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
  18. (computing) To generate a random number.
  19. To turn over and over.
    The child will roll on the floor.
  20. To tumble in gymnastics.
  21. (nautical) when a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
  22. (transitive) To beat up.
    • 2006, Elizabeth Gaffney, Metropolis‎, page 422:
      They rolled him for his money, and that would have been that, but the guy tried to fight back.
  23. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
    The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
  24. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
    He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
  25. (informal) To act.
  26. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy.
    • 2000, Michael Sunstar, Underground Rave Dance,[2] Writers Club Press, ISBN 9780595156115, page 15:
      Cindy replied, “Wow, that’s great. Did you try E at those parties?” Steel said, “Oh yeah. I was rolling hard at the Willy Wonka party.”
    • 2003, Karin Slaughter, A Faint Cold Fear (novel), HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-688-17458-3, page 169:
      The crowd was rolling on Ecstasy, and the lights enhanced the experience. […] He would use it to keep his teeth from chattering while he was rolling.
    • a. 2007, unidentified Internet user quoted in Joseph A. Kotarba, “Music as a Feature of the Online Discussion of Illegal Drugs”, in Edward Murguía et al. (editors), Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community Online, Lexington Books (2007), ISBN 978-0-7391-1455-1
      So the quesion is When you are rolling what gets you in that “ecstasy” state more: hard pounding energetic music or smoother and gentler music? Personally for me its gentler music because when I’m rolling my mind can’t really keep up with all the hard pounding intriquet sounds . . .

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Terms derived from roll (verb)

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to cause to revolve
to wrap round on itself
to bind or involve by winding
to drive or impel forward with an easy motion
to utter copiously
to press or level with a roller
to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels
to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum
geometry: to apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping
to turn over in one's mind
US slang: a manner of behaving or a way of doing certain things
to be under the influence of MDMA (ecstasy).

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roll (plural rolls)

  1. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
    Look at the roll of a ball.
    Look at the roll of waves.
  2. That which rolls; a roller
  3. Specifically, a heavy cylinder used to break clods.
  4. Specifically, 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.
  5. That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
  6. Specifically, a document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
  7. Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
  8. Specifically, a quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
  9. Specifically, A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
  10. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
  11. (nautical) 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.
  12. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
    Hear the roll of cannon.
    Hear the roll of thunder.
  13. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
  14. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
  15. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 594:
      Parchement is sold by the dozen, and by the roll of five dozens.
  16. the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis
    Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
  17. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
    Make your roll.
    Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
  18. (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.

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terms derived from roll (noun)

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the act of rolling
  • Spanish: ruedo (es) m., rodeo (es) m.
  • Swedish: rullande (sv) n., rullning (sv) c.
  • Vietnamese: sự lăn, việc lăn (act of causing to revolve); sự cuốn, việc cuốn, sự cuộn, việc cuộn (act of wrapping round on itself); sự quấn, việc quấn (act of binding or involving by winding); sự đẩy, việc đẩy, sự cuốn, việc cuốn (act of driving or impelling forward with an easy motion)
that which rolls; a roller
a heavy cylinder used to break clods
  • French: rouleau  (fr) m.
  • Hindi: लकड़ी का बेलन
one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed
that which is rolled up
a scroll
an official or public document
quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form
a cylindrical twist of tobacco
shortened raised biscuit or bread
oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side
a heavy, reverberatory sound
the uniform beating of a drum
part; office; duty
a measure of parchments
the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis
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roll c.

  1. role
  2. roll - the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis

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Declension of roll
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative roll rollen roller rollerna
genitive rolls rollens rollers rollernas

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