roto
Americannoun
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Movies, Graphic Arts. rotoscoping.
Fleischer, the “father of roto,” was the creator of such iconic characters as Betty Boop and Koko the Clown.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of roto
First recorded in 1920–25 roto for 1, by shortening of rotogravure ( def. ); after 1935–40 roto for 2, by shortening of rotoscoping ( def. ) (in the sense “animation technique”)
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With a membership to the NE Seattle Tool Library, or NESTL, Epstein discovered he could borrow 30-foot scaffolding, roto hammers, concrete saws and other items he needed to get the job done.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Those of us who play roto know better than to bring it up at a party, let alone beat people over the head with it for an hour.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2010
Now that the wheel and roto tillers have been around for a while, there are choices to make.
From Time Magazine Archive
Man invented the wheel so he could use a roto tiller to work his garden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also, the Post had had to continue to print its roto section in Chicago until it could shift the job to the new plant this month.
From Time Magazine Archive
The huevos rotos pay homage to Casa Lucio, the rustic dining destination in Madrid.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
From Belfast’s General Merchants to Laynes in Leeds, Idle Hands in Manchester to Glasgow’s William Cafe, you are never far someone doing zingy, flavour-packed things with shakshuka, French toast, huevos rotos and sweetcorn fritters.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2020
Unlike most Chilean landowners, who have controlled Chile for decades, he is bent on improving the lot of the country's underpaid, overworked rotos.
From Time Magazine Archive
That was the electric, potent shock which set editors editing, rotos rotating.
From Time Magazine Archive
And to hold the price line against changeover shocks, the government gave temporary direct subsidies for vital imported goods, and raised living allowances under the social-security system for 3,000,000 rotos.
From Time Magazine Archive
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