roller

Meaning

Noun

1. Anything that rolls.
2. Anything that rolls.
3. Anything that rolls.
4. Anything that rolls.
5. Anything that rolls.
6. Anything that rolls.
7. Anything that rolls.
8. Anything that rolls.
9. Anything that rolls.
10. Anything that rolls.
11. Anything that rolls.
12. Anything that rolls.
13. Anything that rolls.
14. Anything that rolls.
15. Anything that rolls.
16. Anything that rolls.
17. A long wide bandage used in surgery.
18. A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
19. A bird.
20. A bird.
21. A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
22. A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
23. A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
24. (slang) A wheelchair user.
25. (informal,slang) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
26. (slang) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.

Verb

To roller skate.

Synonyms

curler

roll

cylinder

billow

wave

👋

wheel

🛞

hair curler

steamroller

crimper

tumbler

swell

drum

🥁

road roller

roll-call

crush

scroll

📜

rolling wave

caster

tumbler pigeon

surge

reel

ring

💍

ripple

rod

rowel

runner

🏃

spindle

spool

spring roll

surf

tidal wave

troche

trundle

tyre

undulation

winding

rolling machine

wave motion

heaving sea

dried whale blubber

millman

mine roller

mine-clearing roller

mill roll

roll machine

raising machine

roller-bandage

cylindrical roller

carrier roller

press roller

compacting machine

idler roller

rollerman

running pulley

pin roller

rolling mill machine

edge mill

edge runner

blind rollers

blind seas

hair roller

barrel

roller-compactor

bee-eater

bobbin

bolt

bucker

chaser

compactor

cuckoo

curl-paper

garden roller

hoop

mangle

millstone

napper

pickpocket

pin

platen

policeman

👮‍♂️

pulley

ratchet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹəʊlə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rollere

In summary

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.