snap roll

¹

noun

, Aeronautics.

1. a maneuver in which an airplane makes a rapid and complete revolution about its longitudinal axis while maintaining approximately level flight.

snap-roll

²

[ snap-rohl ]

verb (used with object)

1. to put (an airplane) through the maneuver of a snap roll.

verb (used without object)

1. to execute a snap roll.

snap roll

noun

1. a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a fast roll

Word History and Origins

Origin of snap roll¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Origin of snap roll²

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

As I pulled up this time I kicked the ship into a double snap roll as I climbed.

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