roll

to flow or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as water, waves, or smoke.

to extend in undulations, as land.

to elapse, pass, or move, as time (often followed by on, away, or by).

to move as in a cycle (usually followed by around or round): as soon as summer rolls around again.

to perform a periodical revolution in an orbit, as a heavenly body.

to emit or have a deep, prolonged sound, as thunder, drums, etc.

to trill, as a bird.

to revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis or a person or animal lying down.

to turn around in different directions or in a circle, as the eyes in their sockets.

(of a vessel)

to walk with a swinging or swaying gait.

Informal. to begin to move or operate; start; commence: Let's roll at sunrise.

Informal. to go forward or advance without restrictions or impediments: The economy is finally beginning to roll.

to curl up so as to form a tube or cylinder.

to admit of being formed into a tube or cylinder by curling up.

to be spread out after being curled up (usually followed by out).

to spread out as under a roller: The paint rolls easily.

Aviation. (of an aircraft or rocket) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by rotation about its longitudinal axis.

to drive, impel, or cause to flow onward with a sweeping or undulating motion: The wind rolled the waves high on the beach.

to utter or give forth with a full, flowing, continuous sound: rolling his orotund phrases.

to trill: I have trouble rolling my R’s in Spanish.

to cause to revolve or turn over or over and over: to roll oneself onto one's front.

to cause to sway or rock from side to side, as a ship.

to wrap (something) around an axis, around upon itself, or into a cylindrical shape, ball, or the like: to roll string.

to make by forming a tube or cylinder: to roll a cigarette.

to spread out flat (something curled up) (often followed by out): He rolled the map out on the table.

to wrap, enfold, or envelop, as in some covering: to roll a child in a blanket.

to spread out, level, smooth, compact, or the like, as with a rolling pin, roller, the hands, etc.: to roll dough;to roll a tennis court.

to form (metal) in a rolling mill.

to tumble (metal pieces and abrasives) in a box or barrel in such a way that their relative positions remain the same.

to beat (a drum) with rapid, continuous strokes.

Printing. to apply (ink) with a roller or series of rollers.

Slang.

Slang. to defeat (an adversary) soundly: The home team rolled the visiting team and ran up the score in the final minutes of the game.

Slang. to deceive or manipulate (a decision-maker or influencer) in order to get one’s way or advance one’s agenda: The inexperienced new chairman was rolled by executives who never supported the company’s rebranding efforts.

anything rolled up in a ringlike or cylindrical form: a roll of wire.

a number of papers or other items rolled up together.

a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form (often forming a definite measure).

a cylindrical or rounded mass of something: rolls of fat.

some article of cylindrical or rounded form, as a molding.

a cylindrical piece upon which something is rolled along to facilitate moving.

a cylinder serving as a core upon which something is rolled up.

a roller with which something is spread out, leveled, crushed, smoothed, compacted, or the like.

Cooking.

the act or process or an instance of rolling.

undulation, as of a surface: the roll of a prairie.

a sonorous or rhythmical flow of words.

a deep, prolonged sound, as of thunder: the deep roll of a breaking wave.

the trill of certain birds, especially of the roller canary.

the continuous sound of a drum rapidly beaten.

a rolling motion, as of a ship.

a rolling or swaying gait.

Aerospace.

Informal.

(in various dice games)

to flow or cause to flow onwards in an undulating movement: billows of smoke rolled over the ground

(intr) (of animals, etc) to turn onto the back and kick: the hills roll down to the sea

(intr) to extend in undulations: the hills roll down to the sea

(intr usually foll by around) to move or occur in cycles

(intr) (of a planet, the moon, etc) to revolve in an orbit

(intr ; foll by on, by, etc) to pass or elapse: the years roll by

to rotate or cause to rotate wholly or partially: to roll one's eyes

to curl, cause to curl, or admit of being curled, so as to form a ball, tube, or cylinder; coil

to make or form by shaping into a ball, tube, or cylinder: to roll a cigarette

(often foll by out) to spread or cause to spread out flat or smooth under or as if under a roller: to roll the lawn; to roll pastry

to emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound: the thunder rolled continuously

to trill or cause to be trilled: to roll one's r's

(intr) (of a vessel, aircraft, rocket, etc) to turn from side to side around the longitudinal axis: Compare pitch 1 (def. 11), yaw (def. 1)

to cause (an aircraft) to execute a roll or (of an aircraft) to execute a roll (sense 40): (of an aircraft) to execute or cause an aircraft to execute a roll (def. 41)

(intr) to walk with a swaying gait, as when drunk; sway

(intr often foll by over) (of an animal, esp a dog) to lie on its back and wriggle while kicking its legs in the air, without moving along

(intr) to wallow or envelop oneself (in)

(tr) to apply ink to (type, etc) with a roller or rollers

to throw (dice)

(intr) to operate or begin to operate: the presses rolled

(intr) informal to make progress; move or go ahead: let the good times roll

(tr) informal, mainly US and NZ to rob (a helpless person, such as someone drunk or asleep)

(tr) slang to have sexual intercourse or foreplay with (a person)

start the ball rolling or set the ball rolling to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)

an official list or register, esp of names: an electoral roll

a rounded mass: rolls of flesh

a strip of material, esp leather, fitted with pockets or pouches for holding tools, toilet articles, needles and thread, etc

a cylinder used to flatten something; roller

a small loaf of bread for one person: eaten plain, with butter, or as a light meal when filled with meat, cheese, etc

a flat pastry or cake rolled up with a meat (sausage roll), jam (jam roll), or other filling: See also swiss roll

a swell, ripple, or undulation on a surface: the roll of the hills

a swaying, rolling, or unsteady movement or gait

a deep prolonged reverberating sound: the roll of thunder

a rhythmic cadenced flow of words

a trilling sound; trill

a very rapid beating of the sticks on a drum

a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes one complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without loss of height or change in direction

the angular displacement of a vessel, rocket, missile, etc, caused by rolling

a throw of dice

a bookbinder's tool having a brass wheel, used to impress a line or repeated pattern on the cover of a book

slang an act of sexual intercourse or petting (esp in the phrase a roll in the hay)

US slang an amount of money, esp a wad of paper money

on a roll slang experiencing continued good luck or success

strike off the roll or strike off the rolls