Definition of roll#in in English English dictionary
- rock 'n' roll
- Alternative spelling of rock and roll
- rock and roll
- To have sex
- rock and roll
- To play [[#Noun|rock and roll]] music
- rock and roll
- Style of music characterized by a basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, drums, and vocals (generally with bass guitar). Generally used to refer to the 1950’s rock, and rock of its style, quite close to swing
- rock and roll
- Style of vigorous dancing associated with this 1950’s music
- rock and roll
- dole
- rock and roll
- An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music (generally from the 1970s–1980s), and heavy metal bearing certain elements of this music, pertaining to unbridled enthusiasm, cynical regard for certain Christian and authoritarian bodies, and attitudes befitting some degree of youthful debauchery. This meaning is sometimes used as an exclamation, in describing traits of certain people, and so on
- rock and roll
- To start, commence, begin, get moving
Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll!.
- rock-and-roll
- Alternative spelling of rock and roll
- roll
- To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
- roll
- when a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch
- roll
- Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list
- roll
- To beat up
- roll
- To have a rolling aspect
the hills rolled on.
- roll
- To turn over in one's mind; to revolve
- roll
- Specifically, A cylindrical twist of tobacco
- roll
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen
Parchement is sold by the dozen, and by the roll of five dozens.
- roll
- That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc
- roll
- To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels
- roll
- To betray secrets
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
- roll
- To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
- roll
- A heavy, reverberatory sound
Hear the roll of thunder.
- roll
- 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
- roll
- The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch
- roll
- Specifically, a heavy cylinder used to break clods
- roll
- 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
- roll
- To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; often with up
to roll up the map for shipping.
- roll
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear
- roll
- 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.
- roll
- To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation
This is how we roll in Spring Valley, one teen reportedly boasted.
- roll
- 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.
- roll
- To leave or begin a journey
I want to get there early, let's roll.
- roll
- To turn over and over
The child will roll on the floor.
- roll
- Specifically, 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
- roll
- To wrap 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.
- roll
- To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon
- roll
- Specifically, a quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
- roll
- To create a new character in a role-playing game
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
- roll
- To generate a random number
- roll
- the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
- roll
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
- roll
- Specifically, a document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll
- roll
- 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
The gentleman aimed the ball once or twice and then threw it up the strand towards Cissy Caffrey but it rolled down the slope and stopped right under Gerty's skirt near the little pool by the rock.
- roll
- That which rolls; a roller
- roll
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself
- roll
- Part; office; duty; rôle
- roll
- To throw dice
- roll
- 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.
- roll
- To tumble in gymnastics
- roll
- The act of rolling, or state of being rolled
Look at the roll of waves.
- roll
- To act
Let's roll!.
- roll
- To be under the influence of MDMA a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy
So the quesion is When you are rolling what gets you in that “ecstasy” state more: hard pounding energetic music or smoother and gentler music? Personally for me its gentler music because when I’m rolling my mind can’t really keep up with all the hard pounding intriquet sounds . . .
- roll
- To compete, especially with vigor
OK guys, we're only down by 2 points, let's roll!.
- roll back
- To retreat
- roll back
- To postpone
NASA will roll back the shuttle launch due to bad weather.
- roll back
- To return to a prior state
- roll back the years
- To produce a sense of nostalgia
- roll cage
- A set of steel or similar bars used in a racing car designed to protect the driver (or driver and co-driver) if the car rolls over or in involved in some kind of crash. (The roof of an ordinary car is not normally strong enough to survive the car rolling.)
- roll cages
- plural form of roll cage
- roll call
- the time of day fixed for such an event
- roll call
- such an event in a legislative body in order to determine if a quorum exists
- roll call
- the reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent
- roll in the aisle
- Alternative form of roll in the aisles
- roll in the aisles
- To laugh uproariously
A comedy that this site has been championing since we first got a whiff of it earlier in the year, the film is every bit as politically incorrect as we'd been led to believe, and has many members of the raucous Scottish audience rolling in the aisles.
- roll in wealth
- to be very rich
Don't be a fool! You know if he marries her she'll roll in wealth, said Korableva.
- roll mill
- a series of rollers, operating at different speeds, used to grind paint etc or to mill flour
- roll one's eyes
- To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration
- roll out the red carpet
- To extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner
The mayor of the little town rolled out the red carpet for new businesses by calling on them personally.
- roll over
- To move the cursor over
In this task, you'll revisit the button symbol so that it reacts when the user rolls over it.
- roll over
- To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment
- roll over
- To give in to
He doesn't meekly roll over to all her demands.
- roll over
- To increment, especially back to an initial value
The dashboard clock rolled over to midnight, and a song lyric popped into my head: lonely midnight drivers, drifting out to sea.
- roll over
- To cause a rolling motion or turn
The mob rolled the SUV completely over.
- roll over
- To make a rolling motion or turn
That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy’s bed. At first he found it rather uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him very tight, and sometimes he rolled over on him, and sometimes he pushed him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit could scarcely breathe.
- roll rate
- The rate at which an can change its roll attitude, typically expressed in degrees per second
- roll up
- An exclamation used to get people's attention to sell something
Roll up, roll up, pies for sale.
- roll up
- A self-made cigarette from tobacco and rolling paper. (Sometimes spelt as roll-up.)
I smoke roll ups rather than cigs, because they are cheaper.
- roll up
- Make into a cylinder by rolling
The shopkeeper had to roll up the poster to make it easier to carry.
- roll up
- Arrive by vehicle, usually by car
We thought Jim would be late for the meeting, but I just saw his car roll up to the office.
- roll up
- Make into a bundle
AS it was hot, I rolled up my sleeves.
- roll up one's sleeves
- To prepare to work
- roll ups
- plural form of roll up
- roll with the punches
- Alternative form of ride with the punches
- roll-on
- Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir
- roll-on
- A type of corset which is rolled on to the body
We've had the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.
- roll-on
- A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc
I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.
- roll-on roll-off
- A form of marine vessel which allows wheeled vehicles to be driven on and off
- roll-top
- having a top that rolls away when not needed
- roll-top desk
- A desk having a flexible top, made of parallel slats, that rolls away when not needed
- roll-top desks
- plural form of roll-top desk
- roll over
- To renew a debt when it matures 555
- roll cage
- A specially engineered and constructed frame built in (or sometimes around, known as an exo cage) the passenger compartment of a vehicle to protect its occupants from being injured in an accident, particularly in the event of a roll-over
- roll
- {v} to fold, turn, move in a circle, run, level
- roll
- {n} a thin rolling, turn, mass made round, public register, catalogue, chronicle, office
- roll off
- 1. The smooth fall of response to zero at either end of the frequency range of a piece of audio equipment.2. a play-off match in bowling 3. recite volubly or extravagantly, rattle down, rattle off, reel off, spiel off
- roll over
- a.) to defer payment of (an obligation) b.) to renegotiate the terms of (a financial agreement)
- roll over
- to place (invested funds) in a new investment of the same kind: "roll over IRA funds"
- roll top desk
- A desk fitted with a flexible sliding top made of parallel slats
- roll-dog
- A good or best friend
- roll-formed
- (Metal İşleme) Formed by roll-forming
- roll-forming
- Cold forming of metal by repeated passing between rollers
- roll-forming
- (Metal İşleme) Roll-forming cold forming of metal by repeated passing between rollers
- Roll-on Roll-off
- {i} roro, system of loading and discharging a ship where the cargo is driven on and off using a ramp
- rock and roll
- Popular music that was born from jazz and the blues It has a strong beat and a melody that repeats often
- roll
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
- roll
- execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
- roll
- A roll of drums is a long, low, fairly loud sound made by drums. As the town clock struck two, they heard the roll of drums. see also drum roll
- roll
- 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
- roll
- A listing of all assessed property within the county It identifies property, the owner, and the assessed value of the property
- roll
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude walking with a rolling gait anything rolled up in cylindrical form photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
- roll
- 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
- roll
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- roll
- To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls
- roll
- To turn; to move circularly
- roll
- Rotation about the axis of motion; see also yaw and pitch
- roll
- To roll pastry or dough, sprinkle your counter and rolling pin with a little flour to prevent sticking Put a ball of dough on the floured surface Gently press down and away with the rolling pin Continue back and forth, changing direction each time so that the dough forms a circle Add more flour if the dough starts to stick to the rolling pin or counter Stop when dough is the right thickness
- roll
- 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"
- roll bar
- A sturdy metal bar built into the inside roof of a motor vehicle to prevent or reduce injury in case of a rollover
- roll call
- Recording the vote of each member of a committee or of the full Assembly or Senate Committee roll calls are conducted by the committee secretary, who calls each member's name in alphabetical order with the name of the chair called last Assembly roll calls are conducted electronically, with each Member pushing a button from his or her assigned seat Senate roll calls are conducted by the Reading Clerk, who reads each Senator's name in alphabetical order
- roll call
- If you take a roll call, you check which of the members of a group are present by reading their names out. We had to stand in the snow every morning for roll call
- roll forward
- If an error occurs in processing transactions,the database can be restarted and loaded from a known heckpoint Then partially completed transactions can be rolled forward to record the interrupted hanges
- roll in
- If someone rolls into a place or rolls in, they arrive in a casual way and often late. `I've made you late.' --- `No that's all right. I can roll in when I feel like it.' The brothers usually roll into their studio around midday
- roll of drums
- long continuous drumming in which one cannot hear the individual beats
- roll over
- To carry over a previous contract to the new registrar To keep any time that was previously registered with a new company
- roll over
- transfer of a debt, closing of a debt by the creation of another debt; roll, tumble, be rolled, be tumbled; be turned over
- roll up
- get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune
- roll up
- (adjective: roll-up) the user operation of creating an aggregate concept representing a new collection
- roll up
- form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth"
- roll up
- form a cylinder by rolling; "roll up a banner"
- roll-
- walking with a rolling gait
- roll-
- To roll pastry or dough, sprinkle your counter and rolling pin with a little flour to prevent sticking Put a ball of dough on the floured surface Gently press down and away with the rolling pin Continue back and forth, changing direction each time so that the dough forms a circle Add more flour if the dough starts to stick to the rolling pin or counter Stop when dough is the right thickness
- roll-
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- roll-
- begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
- roll-
- On percussion instruments, a sticking technique consisting of a rapid succession of notes
- roll-
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
- roll-off
- Another term for cut As in "roll off a couple of dBs below 100Hz" Back
- roll-off
- the attenuation that occurs at the lower or upper frequency range of a driver, network, or system The roll-off frequency is usually defined as the frequency where response is reduced by -3 dB
- roll-on deodorant
- ball deodorant, bottled material that can be rolled onto the armpit to prevent sweating and body odor
- roll-on roll-off
- A roll-on roll-off ship is designed so that cars and lorries can drive on at one end before the ship sails, and then drive off at the other end after the journey. roll-on roll-off ferries. a roll-on roll-off ship is one that vehicles can drive straight on and off
- roll-on roll-off
- a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination
- roll-out
- a surreptitious technique of rolling out the contents of a letter without opening it It can be done with two knitting needles or a split chopstick
- roll-over
- The procedure of repeated investment of the proceeds of short-term securities upon maturity back in the same investment vehicle
- roll-over
- A trading procedure involving the shift of one month of a straddle into another future month while holding the other contract month The shift can take place in either the long or short straddle month The term also applies to lifting a near futures position and re-establishing it in a more deferred delivery month
- roll-up
- This is an IPO of independent companies in the same industry that merge into a single company at the time of the offering Mostly used in fragmented industries, the approach has been applied to equipment rental firms, floral distributors, office products distributors, travel agencies, temporary staffing organizations, dental practices and car dealerships The financier most associated with the concept is Jay Ledecky, who took public US Office Products, US Floral Products and Consolidated Capital, which invests in roll-ups