roll-on
English
Adjective
roll-on (not comparable)
- (of deodorant, etc.) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.
Noun
- (dated, often in the plural) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
- 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, p. 139:
- Roll-ons and lastex[sic] corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes.
- 2007, Michele Hanson, The Guardian, 6 Nov 2007:
- We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.
- 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, p. 139:
- A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.
- 1999, Laura Craik, The Guardian, 16 Jul 1999:
- I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.
- 1999, Laura Craik, The Guardian, 16 Jul 1999:
Translations
type of corset
cosmetic product
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Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
roll-on
- roll-on (cosmetic product)
Declension
Inflection of roll-on (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | roll-on | roll-onit | ||
genitive | roll-onin | roll-onien | ||
partitive | roll-onia | roll-oneja | ||
illative | roll-oniin | roll-oneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | roll-on | roll-onit | ||
accusative | nom. | roll-on | roll-onit | |
gen. | roll-onin | |||
genitive | roll-onin | roll-onien | ||
partitive | roll-onia | roll-oneja | ||
inessive | roll-onissa | roll-oneissa | ||
elative | roll-onista | roll-oneista | ||
illative | roll-oniin | roll-oneihin | ||
adessive | roll-onilla | roll-oneilla | ||
ablative | roll-onilta | roll-oneilta | ||
allative | roll-onille | roll-oneille | ||
essive | roll-onina | roll-oneina | ||
translative | roll-oniksi | roll-oneiksi | ||
abessive | roll-onitta | roll-oneitta | ||
instructive | — | roll-onein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- kieppo (dated)
- pallopullo (dated)