roll
roll is a 4-letter English word with 69 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
- noun. To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
- noun. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
- noun. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
- noun. To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
- noun. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
- noun. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- noun. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- noun. 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 suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- noun. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- intransitive verb. To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.
- intransitive verb. To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
- intransitive verb. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
- intransitive verb. To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.
- intransitive verb. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.
- intransitive verb. To turn; to move circularly.
- intransitive verb. To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- intransitive verb. To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
- intransitive verb. To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
- intransitive verb. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
- intransitive verb. To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
- intransitive verb. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
- verb. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
- verb. That which rolls; a roller.
- verb. A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- verb. One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.
- verb. That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
- verb. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- verb. Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
- verb. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
- verb. A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- verb. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
- verb. The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
- verb. A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.
- verb. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- verb. Part; office; duty; role.
- noun. the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- noun. a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- noun. walking with a swaying gait
- noun. the act of throwing dice
- noun. anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- noun. photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- noun. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- noun. a list of names
"his name was struck off the rolls"
- noun. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- noun. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- noun. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- noun. rotary motion of an object around its own axis
"wheels in axial rotation"
- noun. small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- noun. a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
"he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag"
- noun. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- verb. execute a roll, in tumbling
"The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
- verb. show certain properties when being rolled
"The carpet rolls unevenly"
"dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
- verb. take the shape of a roll or cylinder
"the carpet rolled out"
"Yarn rolls well"
- verb. shape by rolling
"roll a cigarette"
- verb. boil vigorously
"The liquid was seething"
"The water rolled"
- verb. pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
"She rolls her r's"
- verb. flatten or spread with a roller
"roll out the paper"
- verb. arrange or or coil around
"roll your hair around your finger"
"Twine the thread around the spool"
- verb. begin operating or running
"The cameras were rolling"
"The presses are already rolling"
- verb. move by turning over or rotating
"The child rolled down the hill"
"turn over on your left side"
- verb. cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
"She rolled the ball"
"They rolled their eyes at his words"
- verb. move, rock, or sway from side to side
"The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
- verb. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"
"roving vagabonds"
- verb. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
"The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
- verb. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
"The curtains undulated"
"the waves rolled towards the beach"
- verb. emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
"The thunder rolled"
"rolling drums"
- verb. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- verb. occur in soft rounded shapes
"The hills rolled past"
Synonyms
bowl, cast, scroll, roster, roller, paradiddle, peal, pealing, rolling, bun, bankroll, coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, whorl, seethe, twine, wind, wrap, revolve, drift, ramble
Common word forms
rolls, rolled, roller, rolling, rollable
Words from these letters
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