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• body roll
  body roll

  noun

  the sideways lean of a vehicle when making a turn, affecting control and rider comfort.
• body-roll
  body-roll

  verb (used without object)

  (of a vehicle) to lean sideways when making a turn, affecting control and rider comfort.

body roll

¹ American  

[bahd-ee rohl] / ˈbɑd i ˌroʊl /

noun

1. the sideways lean of a vehicle when making a turn, affecting control and rider comfort.

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body-roll ² American  

[bahd-ee-rohl] / ˈbɑd iˌroʊl /

verb (used without object)

body-rolled, body-rolling

1. (of a vehicle) to lean sideways when making a turn, affecting control and rider comfort.

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The low-centered mass also helps damp body roll and other transient forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

That weight also keeps the Rivian planted when going into curves, without the body roll that sometimes comes with bigger cars.

From The Verge ● Sep. 28, 2021

The car moves through curves flat, with little body roll, even at speeds faster than people should be driving on public roads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2018

In one exception, Beyoncé and her dancers, with a synchronicity that immediately recalls the choreography of “Formation,” body roll in front of “The Coronation of Napoleon.”

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 19, 2018

Should the body roll from side to side, spread the arms until the body is steadied; sometimes a slight stroke from the side which is rolling is sufficient to maintain the balance.

From Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old by Frank Eugen Dalton

The battle scenes are as much dance as fight, and some of the body-roll ensemble action could be from a music video.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

At slower speeds, the shocks all but eliminated body-roll from the KingQuad's vocabulary and greatly improved its turning mannerisms.

From Time Magazine Archive

She body-rolled effortlessly through her hits — “Umbrella,” “Diamonds,” “Pour It Up.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023

Rosario Dawson and some pals body-rolled to Bruno Mars’s “24K Magic,” but everyone else was standing around gawking, still trying to figure out how to be human again.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022

Somehow, Lipa managed not to lose her breath, despite demanding, body-rolling dance routines that only occasionally recalled Jane Fonda's 1980s keep fit videos.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

He goes deep in his bag for some Magic Mike-era body-rolling acrobatics in service of some coffee brand called STōK, which, I have to assume, is exclusively sold at Ikea.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025

I’m only a few years older than these characters, and I warn you, fellow old millennials, the school-dance soundtrack will have you body-rolling in your seat if you’re not careful.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

"It's hard work being a property brother," the on-screen text reads before various video cuts show the 43-year-old siblings body-rolling and performing some of their dance moves.

From Fox News ● Jan. 26, 2022

“Activate that water energy!” she told the audience, which was frantically body-rolling.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2020