Definitions for roll

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Spelling: [rohl]

IPA: /roʊl/

Roll is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in roll (llor).

Definitions for roll

noun

1. a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
2. a list, register, or catalog, especially one containing the names of the persons belonging to a company, class, society, etc.
3. anything rolled up in a ringlike or cylindrical form:
4. a number of papers or other items rolled up together.
5. a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form (often forming a definite measure).
6. a cylindrical or rounded mass of something:
7. some article of cylindrical or rounded form, as a molding.
8. a cylindrical piece upon which something is rolled along to facilitate moving.
9. a cylinder serving as a core upon which something is rolled up.
10. a roller with which something is spread out, leveled, crushed, smoothed, compacted, or the like.
11. Cookery. thin cake spread with jelly or the like and rolled up. a small cake of bread, originally and still often rolled or doubled on itself before baking. meat rolled up and cooked.
12. the act or process or an instance of rolling.
13. undulation, as of a surface:
14. a sonorous or rhythmical flow of words.
15. a deep, prolonged sound, as of thunder:
16. the trill of certain birds, especially of the roller canary.
17. the continuous sound of a drum rapidly beaten.
18. a rolling motion, as of a ship.
19. a rolling or swaying gait.
20. Aerospace. a single, complete rotation of an airplane about the axis of the fuselage with little loss of altitude or change of direction. (of an aircraft or rocket) the act of rolling. the angular displacement caused by rolling.
21. Informal. paper currency carried folded or rolled up: bankroll; funds:
22. a single cast of or turn at casting the dice. the total number of pips or points made by a single cast; score or point.

Idioms

1. on a roll, (in a gambling game) having a continuing winning streak. enjoying continuing good luck or success:
2. roll in the hay, Slang. an instance of sexual intercourse.
3. roll one's eyes, to turn one's eyes around in different directions or in a circle, especially as an expression of disbelief, annoyance, or impatience:
4. roll with the punches. punch1 (def 16).
5. strike off / from the rolls, to remove from membership or practice, as to disbar:

Verb phrases

1. roll back, to reduce (the price of a commodity, wages, etc.) to a former level, usually in response to government action.
2. roll in, Informal. to luxuriate in; abound in: to go to bed; retire: to mix and average the cost of (a higher-priced commodity or item) with that of a cheaper one so as to increase the retail price. to add: to arrive, especially in large numbers or quantity:
3. roll out, to spread out or flatten: Informal. to arise from bed; get up: Football. to execute a rollout. Informal. to introduce; unveil:
4. roll over, Business. to reinvest funds, especially a tax-free transfer of assets from one retirement plan to another. to overturn: to turn over:
5. roll up, to accumulate; collect: to increase. to arrive in a conveyance:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a cask, a ball, or a hoop.
2. to move along on wheels or rollers; convey in a wheeled vehicle.
3. to drive, impel, or cause to flow onward with a sweeping or undulating motion:
4. to utter or give forth with a full, flowing, continuous sound:
5. to trill:
6. to cause to revolve or turn over or over and over:
7. to cause to sway or rock from side to side, as a ship.
8. to wrap (something) around an axis, around upon itself, or into a cylindrical shape, ball, or the like:
9. to make by forming a tube or cylinder:
10. to spread out flat (something curled up) (often followed by out):
11. to wrap, enfold, or envelop, as in some covering:
12. to spread out, level, smooth, compact, or the like, as with a rolling pin, roller, the hands, etc.:
13. to form (metal) in a rolling mill.
14. to tumble (metal pieces and abrasives) in a box or barrel in such a way that their relative positions remain the same.
15. to beat (a drum) with rapid, continuous strokes.
16. (in certain games, as craps) to cast, or throw (dice).
17. Printing. to apply (ink) with a roller or series of rollers.
18. Slang. to rob, especially by going through the pockets of a victim who is either asleep or drunk.

verb (used without object)

1. to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
2. to move or be moved on wheels, as a vehicle or its occupants.
3. to flow or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as water, waves, or smoke.
4. to extend in undulations, as land.
5. to elapse, pass, or move, as time (often followed by on, away, or by).
6. to move as in a cycle (usually followed by round or around):
7. to perform a periodical revolution in an orbit, as a heavenly body.
8. to emit or have a deep, prolonged sound, as thunder, drums, etc.
9. to trill, as a bird.
10. to revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis or a person or animal lying down.
11. to turn around in different directions or in a circle, as the eyes in their sockets.
12. to rock from side to side in open water. Compare heave (def 14b), pitch1 (def 20). to sail with a side-to-side rocking motion.
13. to walk with a swinging or swaying gait.
14. Informal. to begin to move or operate; start; commence:
15. Informal. to go forward or advance without restrictions or impediments:
16. to curl up so as to form a tube or cylinder.
17. to admit of being formed into a tube or cylinder by curling up.
18. to be spread out after being curled up (usually followed by out).
19. to spread out as under a roller:
20. Aviation. (of an aircraft or rocket) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by rotation about its longitudinal axis.

Origin of roll

1175-1225; (noun) (in senses referring to rolled or round objects) Middle English: scroll, inscribed scroll, register, cylindrical object Old French ro(u)lle Latin rotulus, rotula small wheel

Examples for roll

Out of it he drew a roll of birch bark painted with juice of poke-berries.

I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.

roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.

Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.

All her share of the blarney of Ireland began to roll from the mellow tip of her tongue.

roll in the white of egg and then in flour and sauté in butter.

We are letting this world progress and roll right on past us without a struggle.

The years roll on, the time of imprisonment is over, the man is free.

“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.

In previous decades, hip-hop was something typically preached against, much like rock & roll and heavy metal before it.