Dictionary

reroll en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin rotulader. Latin rotulāre Old French roelerbor. Middle English rollen English roll English reroll From re- + roll.

Meanings

1. A situation in the rules of certain dice games where a player is given the option to reroll an undesirable roll of the dice.

Forms

reroll en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin rotulader. Latin rotulāre Old French roelerbor. Middle English rollen English roll English reroll From re- + roll.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To roll, or roll out, again.
   • to reroll steel
2. (ambitransitive) To roll (dice) again.
   • [T]he others worked preparing breakfast and re-rolling swags. 1963, Arthur Upfield, The Lake Frome Monster, London: Pan Books, published 1969, page 21:
   • You can reroll if you don't like your character's initial stats.
   • A player who rolls two sixes can reroll the dice for an additional turn.
3. (transitive) To convert (an unrolled instruction sequence) back into a loop.
   • Their procedure is to unroll the loop once, trace schedule the two iterations, and then reroll the loop into one. 2012, Monica S. Lam, A Systolic Array Optimizing Compiler, page 143:
4. To try again for a different result.

Forms

Deriveds

rerollable · reroller