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noun

television caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programmeOften shortened to: roller

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How to use roller caption in a sentence

They're made to make a lot of money and to get teenagers in a kind of experience, a roller coaster ride.
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Girma sent a letter to TED, urging it to caption all the videos, but she says the response indicated disinterest.
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The warning came with the caption from jamesb, “Keene was too lit last night.”
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In February, he posed with Shilene George in a photo with the caption, “I have the best girlfriend in the whole world!!”
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His Facebook profile has a photograph of Ford as Indiana Jones above a caption that reads, “The other me.”
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali|Jason McGahan|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An amount of slack in the chain caused the balls to knock on passing this roller before entering the pump bottom.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
But before this extreme is reached, the momentum of the revolving balance carries the roller pin entirely out of the fork.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
I hitched the horse to my improvised drag and smoothed it again, several times, in default of a roller.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
They were of elm, with lignum vit roller sheaves, and were bound inside with iron, and had swivel eyes.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic'|British Government
Roller shades on the door and window and an electric door bell completed a very neat and practical playhouse.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various