2. n. A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
3. n. (historical) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
4. n. (US, historical obsolete slang) A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.
5. v. To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.
6. v. To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft.
The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line.
1. v. 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.
2. v. (intransitive) To turn over and over.
The child will roll on the floor.
3. v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
4. v. To wrap (something) 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.
5. v. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the map for shipping.
6. v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
7. v. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
8. v. 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.
9. v. 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.
10. v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
The pastry rolls well.
11. v. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
12. v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
I want to get there early; let's roll.
13. v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
14. v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
15. v. (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
16. v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
17. v. (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.
18. v. (dice, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
19. v. (dice, 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.
20. v. (RPG) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
21. v. (computing) To generate a random number.
22. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
23. v. (in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
24. v. To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
25. v. (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.
26. v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
27. v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
28. v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film.
The cameras are rolling.
29. v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
30. v. To have a rolling aspect.
the hills rolled on
31. v. (figurative, intransitive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
The years roll on.
32. v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
33. v. (figurative, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone
34. v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
35. v. To utter with an alveolar trill.
Many languages roll their r's.
36. v. (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
37. v. To create a customized version of something.
38. n. The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
the roll of a ball
Look at the roll of the waves.
a roll of parchment
39. n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
40. n. That which rolls; a roller.
41. n. A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
42. n. One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
to pass rails through the rolls
43. n. That which is rolled up.
a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
44. n. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
45. n. Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
46. n. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
47. n. A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
48. n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
49. n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate r
50. n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
51. n. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
Hear the roll of cannon.
Hear the roll of thunder.
52. n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
53. n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
54. n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
55. n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
56. n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Make your roll.
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
57. n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
