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• roll-around
  roll-around

  adjective

  equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another.
• roll around
  roll around

  Return or recur, as in When income tax time rolls around, Peggy is too busy to play tennis. [Late 1600s]

roll-around

American  

[rohl-uh-round] / ˈroʊl əˌraʊnd /

adjective

1. equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another.

   a roll-around kitchen counter.

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roll around Idioms  

1. Return or recur, as in When income tax time rolls around, Peggy is too busy to play tennis. [Late 1600s]

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Etymology

Origin of roll-around

First recorded in 1970–75; adj. use of verb phrase roll around

Example Sentences

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And despite the light drizzle on Sunday, some children remained outside to sit and spin in roll-around chairs by British designer Thomas Heatherwick.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2019

The clip opens with Page jokingly referencing the show: "Oh, you didn't think we'd let Christmas roll around without showing up again, did you?"

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

Now when Treasury auctions hit, when corporations pay taxes, when quarter-ends roll around and everyone wants to move money at once, that demand pulls directly from bank reserves.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

So when those days roll around, it goes without saying: you don’t want a “mid” ham, the kind your guests push around on their plates with polite disinterest.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

UCLA’s Timea Gardiner had a three-pointer roll around the inside of the rim and pop out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

Then he ran to the light switch and turned out the lights so we could sit cross-legged on Ben’s bed-that-looked-like-a-race-car and watch the ball glow and roll around the bedroom floor.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings