rolling pin

American  

noun

rolling pins plural

1. a cylinder of wood or other material, usually with a short handle at each end, for rolling out dough.

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rolling pin British  

noun

1. a cylinder with handles at both ends, often of wood, used for rolling dough, pastry, etc, out flat

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• rolling pins
  plural

Etymology

Origin of rolling pin

First recorded in 1490–1500

Example Sentences

“Now it’s midnight and I’m just getting home,” the bowler who hid in the bowling pin machinery told The Associated Press, identifying himself only as Brandon.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

He describes how he hid above the bowling pin machine until the police arrived.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

Averaging 10 pounds and maxing out around 15 inches long, the small, butterscotch-colored tortoise is about as heavy as a gallon of paint and not much larger than a bowling pin.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2022

With characters cobbled together from ping pong balls, a bowling pin and an empty gumball machine, the show often mirrored the very movies they were satirizing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2017

There was only one thing wrong: she looked like a bowling pin in it.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee