rolling
Meaning
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- (colloquial) Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
- Staggered in time and space.
- Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
- Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
- Making a continuous sound.
- (slang) Short for rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
Concepts
rolling
roll
tremulous
boil over
soak in water
pitching
shaking
trembling
revolving
unsteady
rolled
swaying
wallowing
moving to and fro
wheeling
rocking
swinging
coiling
turning
whirling
tossing about
turning round
trilled
peal
pealing
rotating
rolling up
resonant
resonating
reverberating
reverberative
simmering
going
moving
passing
running
extending by applying pressure
agitation
commotion
disturbance
excitement
oscillation
unrest
trundling
spinning
dashing
not fixed
flowing
swimming
whirling round
slightly trembling
moving trembling
quick motion
tremour
unsteadiness
dang-ling
quivering
shaken about
turning about
shaking about
waving
tumbling
labouring
motion
vibration
rippling
roll extrusion
rolling depression
stitching
rollaway glaze
calendering
becking
expansion
roll-off
milling
roll down
roller milling
rough
swaggering
atmospheric static
atmospherics
noise
static
swash
white noise
despoilation
heist
mugging
pillaging
robbery
snatch
spoilation
spoliation
jittery
jolted
jolty
palsied
shaky
shivering
billowy
swelling
winding
tossing
curling
fleecy
kneading
crashing
thundering
ripple
undulation
tumble
resounding
echoing
tympanic
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/
roll
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- To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
- To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- To move upon rollers or wheels.
- To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (colloquial) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- (colloquial) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- 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.
- To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- (slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- To throw dice.
- To throw dice.
- To throw dice.
- To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
- To travel by sailing.
- To beat up; to assault.
- (slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- (slang) To betray secrets.
- (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- To (cause to) film.
- To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- To have a rolling aspect.
- To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- to move and cause an effect on someone
- To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- To utter with an alveolar trill.
- To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- To create a customized version of.
- To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
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