barrel roll
a maneuver in which an airplane executes a complete roll by revolving once around its longitudinal axis.
Origin of barrel roll
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Other definitions for barrel-roll (2 of 2)
to perform a barrel roll.
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How to use barrel roll in a sentence
She is the holder of the record for loop-the-loops for women, and of the barrel roll record for both men and women.
Famous Flyers | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)He superintended himself, and saw every barrel roll into the water.
An Outcast of the Islands | Joseph Conrad
British Dictionary definitions for barrel roll
a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft rolls about its longitudinal axis while following a spiral course in line with the direction of flight
(intr) (of an aircraft) to perform a barrel roll
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