From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source.
Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow.
Meanings
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
Leaving behind us the town at the bottom of its deep bay, we set out to explore a bluff-headed parallelogramical promontory, bounded by Thurso Bay on the one hand, and Murkle Bay on the other, and which presents to the open sea, in the space that stretches between, an undulating line of iron-bound coast, exposed to the roll of the northern ocean. 1857, Hugh Miller, The Cruise of the Betsey:
the roll of a ball
the roll of her eyes
Look at the roll of the waves.
Something formed into a compact shape by being rolled up.
a roll of banknotes
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
Something which rolls. ▸ A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
Something which rolls. ▸ One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
to pass rails through the rolls
A swagger or rolling gait.
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.
Hear the roll of cannon.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Make your roll.
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
He is on a roll tonight.
A training match for a fighting dog.
(US) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
That was a good roll.
The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
She has a bombproof roll.
Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
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Translations (125)
bg ролка (that which rolls; a roller) · pt rolagem (the act of rolling) · nl gedreun (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · nl dreun (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · hi गोला (that which rolls; a roller) · ru раска́ты (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · fi keinunta (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · fi rulla (that which rolls; a roller) · fi valssi (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · fr roulis (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · ru бараба́нный бой (the uniform beating of a drum) · fr grondement (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · fi jyrä (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · ru кувырок (a roll in gymnastics) · es rodillo (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · fr rouleau (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · de Roller (that which rolls; a roller) · ru ката́ние (the act of rolling) · fi pärinä (the uniform beating of a drum) · fr roulement (the act of rolling) · nl gerommel (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · ru вал (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · uk ро́лик (that which rolls; a roller) · hi बेलन (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · de Rolle (a roll in gymnastics) · fi valssaus (the act of rolling) · ru ро́лик (that which rolls; a roller) · fr roulement (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · es balanceo (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · de Überschlag (a roll in gymnastics) · pt ribombo (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · it tonfo (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · pt cambalhota (a roll in gymnastics) · nl rol (that which rolls; a roller) · fr rouleau (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · sv virvel (the uniform beating of a drum) · fi kallistuminen (the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis) · es redoble (the uniform beating of a drum) · de Rollen (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · ro ruliu (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · fi rullaus (the act of rolling) · fi kelaus (the act of rolling) · ru крен (the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis) · bg търкаляне (the act of rolling) · bg клатене (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · fi jyrääminen (the act of rolling) · it rotolare (the act of rolling) · nl wals (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · uk вал (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · es rodeador (that which rolls; a roller) · pt balanço (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · pt cilindro (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · eo rulaĵo (that which rolls; a roller) · de Schlingern (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · fr roulement (the uniform beating of a drum) · sv roll (the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis) · it rotolamento (the act of rolling) · it rullo (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · de Wirbel (the uniform beating of a drum) · pt rufo (the uniform beating of a drum) · fi kaulinta (the act of rolling) · fi kuperkeikka (a roll in gymnastics) · es redoblamiento (the uniform beating of a drum) · ru ва́лик (that which rolls; a roller) · bg грохот (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · ru ка́чка (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · pt rolo (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · sv rullning (the act of rolling) · sv vals (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · ru раска́т (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · fi jyrinä (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · ru бараба́н (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · it rullo (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · sv mullrande (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · es retumbo (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · es ruedo (the act of rolling) · tr rol yapmak (the act of rolling) · ru вал (that which rolls; a roller) · de Sternwälzegge (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · it rullo di tamburi (the uniform beating of a drum) · sv dundrande (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · de Purzelbaum (a roll in gymnastics) · ru кульбит (a roll in gymnastics) · de Rollen (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · nl geslinger (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · de Walze (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · pt rolo (that which rolls; a roller) · sv kavle (that which rolls; a roller) · it rotolo (that which rolls; a roller) · de Wirbeln (the uniform beating of a drum) · de Rollen (the act of rolling) · es voltereta (a roll in gymnastics) · nl wals (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · he גלגול (the act of rolling) · sv böljande (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · es rodeadora (that which rolls; a roller) · fi kaulin (that which rolls; a roller) · fi jyminä (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · es redobladura (the uniform beating of a drum) · nl geroffel (the uniform beating of a drum) · bg кълбо (a roll in gymnastics) · fi keinuminen (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · pt estrondo (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · de Grollen (a heavy, reverberatory sound) · ru вал (one of a set of revolving cylinders between which metal is pressed) · de Rollen (the act of rolling) · ru переворот (a roll in gymnastics) · es rodeo (the act of rolling) · de Vorwärtsrolle (a roll in gymnastics) · es alabeo (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · hi घुमना (the act of rolling) · fr gîte (the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis) · sv böljning (oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side) · nl pletwals (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · de Walzen (the act of rolling) · es rodillo (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · fr rouleau (that which rolls; a roller) · nl roffel (the uniform beating of a drum) · ru враще́ние (the act of rolling) · de Walze (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · sv rulle (that which rolls; a roller) · nl rol (the act of rolling) · de Rolle (the act of rolling) · bg валяк (a heavy cylinder used to break clods) · sv rullande (the act of rolling)
From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source.
Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow.
Meanings
(ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
Huge Trunks of Trees, fell'd from the ſteepy Crown / Of the bare Mountains, rowl with Ruin down. 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 370, lines 267–268:
And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
The child will roll on the floor.
The gentleman aimed the ball once or twice and then threw it up the strand towards Cissy Caffrey but it rolled down the slope and stopped right under Gerty's skirt near the little pool by the rock. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 13:
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
(ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the vase in bubble wrap.
(ergative, figuratively, sometimes) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
The years roll on.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
(intransitive, of drops of liquid) To pour or trickle.
Drops of sweat rolled down his face.
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
(ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
The pastry rolls well.
to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails.
(ergative) To move upon rollers or wheels.
We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
(intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
(Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
I want to get there early; let's roll.
(Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out. ▸ To compete, especially with vigor.
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
(Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out. ▸ To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
Let's roll around town on foot and see the sights.
(transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
(ergative) To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
Here tell me, if thou darest, my conscious soul,
what different sorrows did within thee roll? 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon On The Vanity Of The World:
(US, intransitive, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
"This is how we roll in Spring Valley," one teen reportedly boasted. 2006 November 21, Chris McKenna, “Kids at party chant as police sergeant is beaten by angry teens”, in Times Herald-Record, Middletown, NY, archived from the original on 16 May 2007:
I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
(intransitive, transitive) To throw dice. ▸ To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
(intransitive, qualifier:roleplaying games) To throw dice. ▸ To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
(intransitive) To throw dice. ▸ To generate a random number.
To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
(intransitive, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
(in folk songs, intransitive, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw. ▸ To travel by sailing.
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground,
Rolling down to Old Maui 19th c., anonymous author, “Rolling Down to Old Maui”:
Now we are ready to head for the Horn
Way-hey, roll and go! early 20th c., anonymous author, “Randy Dandy-O”:
(transitive) To beat up; to assault.
Sometimes I'd roll a stray drunk, maybe steal a suitcase . . . anything so I could make it till morning 1990 June 10, Jan Herman, quoting Herbert Huncke, “The Beatnick's Beatnick”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
They rolled him for his money, and that would have been that, but the guy tried to fight back. 2006, Elizabeth Gaffney, Metropolis, page 422:
(ergative, slang) To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
(intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
a. 2007, unidentified Internet user quoted in Joseph A. Kotarba, “Music as a Feature of the Online Discussion of Illegal Drugs”, in Edward Murguía et al. (editors), Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community Online, Lexington Books (2007), →ISBN
So the question is When you are rolling what gets you in that “ecstasy” state more: hard pounding energetic music or smoother and gentler music? Personally for me its gentler music because when I’m rolling my mind can’t really keep up with all the hard pounding intriquet sounds […]
Cindy replied, “Wow, that’s great. Did you try E at those parties?” Steel said, “Oh yeah. I was rolling hard at the Willy Wonka party.” 2000, Michael Sunstar, Underground Rave Dance, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 15:
The crowd was rolling on Ecstasy, and the lights enhanced the experience. […] He would use it to keep his teeth from chattering while he was rolling. 2003, Karin Slaughter, A Faint Cold Fear, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 169:
(ambitransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
The cameras are rolling.
It's time to roll the cameras.
(transitive) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
Rolled far too easily by Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Demichelis compounded his error by standing on the striker's foot. In the absence of the injured Watson, Gómez converted the penalty. 2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:
So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini. 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
(intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
In this part of Warwickshire, the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds. 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:
the hills rolled on
(intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
(transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
Many languages roll their r's.
(US, transitive) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
(transitive) To create a customized version of; often followed by one's own.
For the second prototype's example, shown in Listing 5–64, we roll our own version of the Sum operator. 2010, Joseph Rattz, Adam Freeman, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2010, page 208:
We implement Cube_ as a special case of an N-dimensional array. Unfortunately, our need to efficiently Swap with lower-dimensional containers is not supported by the boost::multi_array template, so we must roll our own. 2015, Hyer Thomas, Derivatives Algorithms - Volume 1: Bones (Second Edition), page 135:
The clap in "Situation" is a standard Roland TR- 808 clap with a some compression and a bunch of reverb. But we can roll our own version using a soft synth and a have more flexibility, specifically in getting the extra decay for full "smash," as opposed to the short clap on Roland TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. 2006, Keyboard, volume 32, page 188:
Let's go through and outline how you might roll a kernel for a networked Linux machine you are using as your desktop machine and a file server for a network of Windows and Mac machines. 2000, Mark F. Komarinski, Cary Collett, Red Hat Linux System Administration Handbook, page 311:
(transitive) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
(intransitive) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
Containers will be rolled to another mother vessel.
(transitive) To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
(intransitive) To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
fi sitoa (to bind or involve by winding) · cs kutálet (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · de wirbeln (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · la roto (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ar تَقَلَّبَ (to turn over and over) · uk заверта́ти (to bind or involve by winding) · vi cuộn (to wrap round on itself) · fi kieriä (to turn over and over) · fi rullata (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · es ructar (to turn over and over) · es embrollar (to bind or involve by winding) · ba өйөрөү (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · cs válet (to press or level with a roller) · es rodear (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · gur bilim (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · hi बजाना (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · pt rolar (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ar دَحْرَجَ (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · pap lora (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · chr ᎦᏌᏆᎴᎯᎭ (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · br ruilhal (geometry: to apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping) · ar رَقَّ (to press or level with a roller) · nl roffelen (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · es rodar (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · de rollen (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · hi लपेटना (to wrap round on itself) · af rol (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ru ката́ть (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · sv valsa (to press or level with a roller) · mi pōkai (to bind or involve by winding) · ceb lukot (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · az diyirlətmək (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · it involtolare (to bind or involve by winding) · sv rulla (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · pt rolar (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · ja 丸める (to wrap round on itself) · fr niveler (to press or level with a roller) · br ruilhal (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · az diyirlətmək (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · bg завивам (to bind or involve by winding) · nl walsen (to press or level with a roller) · ar لَفَّ (to wrap round on itself) · it accartocciare (to wrap round on itself) · kw rolya (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · it spingere (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · ru завёртывать (to bind or involve by winding) · fi kietoa (to bind or involve by winding) · es rular (to turn over and over) · fr aplatir (to press or level with a roller) · es rolear (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · es rular (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · ar ثَنَى (to wrap round on itself) · de rollen (to utter with a trill) · cs valit se (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · vi cuốn (to wrap round on itself) · ca rodar (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · eo ruli (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · hy գլորել (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi levittää (to press or level with a roller) · fi pyöriä (geometry: to apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping) · tr yuvarlamak (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ar ثَنَى (to bind or involve by winding) · sv rulla (to wrap round on itself) · km រមៀល (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · de aufrollen (to wrap round on itself) · ru кати́ть (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · af draai (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi valssata (to press or level with a roller) · es rodar (to (cause to) film) · cmn 擀 (to press or level with a roller) · vi lăn (to turn over and over) · es allanar (to press or level with a roller) · af draai om (to turn over in one's mind) · az diyirlənmək (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · is velta (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fr gronder (to make noise like thunder) · fr faire rouler (geometry: to apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping) · fi hokea (to utter copiously) · nl rollen (to wrap round on itself) · uk закру́тувати (to bind or involve by winding) · eo ruliĝi (to turn over and over) · de aufwickeln (to wrap round on itself) · cs stočit (to bind or involve by winding) · fi virrata (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · cs svinout (to wrap round on itself) · fi keinua (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · es envolver (to bind or involve by winding) · ky тоголоо (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · de aufwickeln (to bind or involve by winding) · es rodar (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · ky тоголотуу (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · cs valit se (to turn over and over) · ko 말다 (to wrap round on itself) · az diyirləmək (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · af rol (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · br magañ soñjoù (to turn over in one's mind) · uk коти́тися (to turn over and over) · pt rolar (to bind or involve by winding) · fi tasoittaa (to press or level with a roller) · it far girare (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · mba nilokot (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · th กลิ้ง (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · it far rotolare (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · sv rulla (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · es liar (to wrap round on itself) · fi pyörittää (to wrap round on itself) · egy Aa18-Z1-q:r-q:r-A55 (to turn over and over) · sv rulla (to bind or involve by winding) · az diyirlənmək (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · bg валцувам (to press or level with a roller) · ru ката́ться (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · fi rullata (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · fi toimia (US slang: to behave in a certain way) · ru кати́ть (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · es redoblar (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · fi kääriä (to bind or involve by winding) · bg търкалям (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · ro rostogoli (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ga roll (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ota لوغلامق (to press or level with a roller) · cs svinout (to bind or involve by winding) · fr rouler (to press or level with a roller) · bg гърмя (to make noise like thunder) · ro învârti (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ru перекатываться (to turn over and over) · mi keu (to make noise like thunder) · ja 巻く (to bind or involve by winding) · egy p:X-r:pXr (to wrap round on itself) · sq sjell (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · de ausrollen (to press or level with a roller) · mi takataka (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · pt girar (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi kaulita (to press or level with a roller) · es trinar (to utter with a trill) · fi vierittää (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · es hacer rodar (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · es gorjear (to utter with a trill) · he גלגל (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · mi tātaka (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · ta உருள் (to turn over and over) · es rular (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · cs smotat (to wrap round on itself) · pl poturlać (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · ru ката́ть (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · izh veerrä (to turn over and over) · ru кататься (to turn over and over) · fr rouler (to utter with a trill) · af rol (to wrap round on itself) · sv virvla (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · ca balancejar (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · ckb با دان (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi kierähdellä (to turn over and over) · nl pletwalsen (to press or level with a roller) · de laufen (US slang: to behave in a certain way) · nl rollen (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · af rol (geometry: to apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping) · fr rouler (to wrap round on itself) · it rotolare (to turn over and over) · ar فَرَدَ (to press or level with a roller) · hi घूमाना (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · gd rolaig (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · es rodar (to turn over and over) · mi takapapa (to press or level with a roller) · br rollañ (to press or level with a roller) · cs sunout se (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · sv kavla ut (to press or level with a roller) · ru ката́ть (to press or level with a roller) · ru раска́тывать (to press or level with a roller) · de rollen (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · la volvō (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · sv rulla upp (to bind or involve by winding) · fr laminer (to press or level with a roller) · nl oprollen (to wrap round on itself) · ang wieltan (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi jyristä (to make noise like thunder) · cs valit (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi kääriä (to wrap round on itself) · fr faire rouler (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · af toedraai (to bind or involve by winding) · hu gurul (to turn over and over) · pt circular (to wrap round on itself) · fi aprikoida (to turn over in one's mind) · it formare una palla di (to wrap round on itself) · sv rulla (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · cs koulet se (to turn over and over) · no knipse (to be under the influence of MDMA) · ru рокотать (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · alt тоголоор (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ja 転がる (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · bg увивам (to wrap round on itself) · alt тоголодор (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · vi quấn (to bind or involve by winding) · cs kutálet se (to turn over and over) · fi kierittää (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · es enroscar (to wrap round on itself) · es ronchar (to turn over and over) · fi pyörittää (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · br punañ (to wrap round on itself) · ru кати́ть (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · de rollen (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · az diyirləmək (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ro roti (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · it impacchettare (to bind or involve by winding) · uk коти́ти (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · ar لَفَّ (to bind or involve by winding) · es rodar (geometry: to apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping) · la volvō (to turn over and over) · vi cuốn (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · he גלגל (to wrap round on itself) · de walzen (to press or level with a roller) · cs stočit (to wrap round on itself) · eo volvi (to wrap round on itself) · az yuvarlanmaq (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · pl turlać (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · rup anvãrtescu (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · izh veerettää (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi kallistua (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · hu gurít (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · sv rulla ihop (to wrap round on itself) · ru кати́ться (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · pt amassar (to press or level with a roller) · az yuvarlamaq (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi pohtia (to turn over in one's mind) · es alabear (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · ta உருட்டு (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi vieriä (to turn over and over) · es rolar (to turn over and over) · uk коти́ти (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ko 감싸다 (to bind or involve by winding) · bg търкалям (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · ko 굴리다 (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · nl oprollen (to bind or involve by winding) · ar تَكَوَّرَ (to turn over and over) · nl rollen (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · it arrotolare (to wrap round on itself) · bg търкалям се (to turn over and over) · hy գլորվել (to turn over and over) · tr yuvarlanmak (to turn over and over) · mi taka (to wrap round on itself) · ar تَدَحْرَجَ (to turn over and over) · ru свёртывать (to wrap round on itself) · fi rullata (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels) · af rol (to press or level with a roller) · cs válet (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · gl arrolar (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · br pakañ (to bind or involve by winding) · uk коти́ти (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · es balancear (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · fi latoa (to utter copiously) · pl toczyć (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi taitella (to bind or involve by winding) · hi लुढ़काना (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · fi jyrätä (to press or level with a roller) · ko 감다 (to wrap round on itself) · ko 감다 (to bind or involve by winding) · cs válcovat (to press or level with a roller) · br ruilhal (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · mi takahurihuri (to turn over and over) · es reflexionar (to turn over in one's mind) · rup arucutescu (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · pt rolar (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · it far rullare (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · ja 転がす (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · nl rollen (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · mi pīrori (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fr rouler (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · hy թավալվել (to turn over and over) · ko 구르다 (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · vi đẩy (to drive or impel forward with an easy motion) · de aufrollen (to bind or involve by winding) · fi vatvoa (to turn over in one's mind) · af oprol (to wrap round on itself) · is rúlla (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · cs smotat (to bind or involve by winding) · es arrodear (to turn over and over) · sv kavla (to press or level with a roller) · cmn 滾動 /滚动 (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · vi lăn (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · es rolear (to wrap round on itself) · ga cuach (to wrap round on itself) · it avvolgere (to bind or involve by winding) · ca brandar (to rotate on fore-and-aft axis) · ru ска́тывать (to wrap round on itself) · es arrodear (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · es reflejar (to turn over in one's mind) · sid gongoʼma (to turn over and over) · fi takoa (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · pt rufar (to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum) · it rotolare (to cause something to revolve by turning over and over) · fi pyöriä (to turn over and over) · it rullare (to wrap round on itself) · fi rullata (to wrap round on itself) · fr enrouler (to bind or involve by winding) · egy p:X-r:pXr (to bind or involve by winding) · fi pyörähdellä (to turn over and over) · af stoot (to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels)
From Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, role, roule, from Medieval Latin rotulus (“a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a paper or parchment rolled up”); as such, it is a doublet of role and rotulus.
Meanings
That which is rolled up.
a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
Busy angels spread / The lasting roll, recording what we say. 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon On The Vanity Of The World:
An official or public document; a register; a record.
As to the rolls of parliament, viz. the entry of the several petitions, answers and transactions in parliament. Those are generally and successively extant of record in the Tower 1713 Sir M. Hale, The History of the Common Law of England (posthumously published)
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
The roll and list of that army doth remain. c. 1666, John Davies, Historical Relations: Or, a Discovery of the True Causes Why Ireland Was Never Entirely Subdued, Nor Brought Under Obedience of the Crown of England Until the Beginning of the Reign of King James I:
Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
The roll of solicitors contains the names of all admitted solicitors of a jurisdiction.
A food preparation comprising one or more ingredients wrapped in, e.g., flatbread, lettuce leaf, etc.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls! 1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains, N.Y.: White Plains Publishing Company, →OCLC, chapter IX, page 18, column 4:
(obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.
THE Methods of Government and of Humane Society, muſt be Preſerv’d, where Every Man has his Roll, and his Station Aſſign’d him ; and it is not for One Man to break in upon the Province of Another. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Abstemius, &c.] Fab[le] CCCXI. A Son Singing at his Brothers Funeral.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 273:
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
Parchement is sold by the dozen, and by the roll of five dozens. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 594:
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uk сувій (a scroll) · ta சுருள் (that which is rolled up) · es rosca (that which is rolled up) · vi cuốn (a measure of parchments) · fr rôle (a list of names or an official register of names) · nl rol (an official or public document) · vi quyển (a scroll) · pl zwój (a scroll) · cy rhôl (a scroll) · es rollo (a cylindrical twist of tobacco) · sv förteckning (an official or public document) · it rotolo (an official or public document) · vi danh mục (an official or public document) · de Röllchen (that which is rolled up) · es rol (that which is rolled up) · nl rol (part; office; duty) · it rullare (a cylindrical twist of tobacco) · bg регистър (an official or public document) · fi rulla (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · fi käärö (a scroll) · nl lijst (an official or public document) · de Funktion (part; office; duty) · ru руло́н (that which is rolled up) · nl rol (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · fi asiakirja (an official or public document) · nl rol (a cylindrical twist of tobacco) · mt romblu (that which is rolled up) · nl naamlijst (an official or public document) · pt rolo (a scroll) · sv register (an official or public document) · pt chamada (a list of names or an official register of names) · vi cuốn (a scroll) · ru свёрток (that which is rolled up) · mi rārangi ingoa (a list of names or an official register of names) · he גָּלִיל (that which is rolled up) · fr rôle (part; office; duty) · vi tài liệu (an official or public document) · cy rhôl (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · hi नामावली (a scroll) · fr rouleau (a scroll) · hi लपेटा (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · it arrotolato (that which is rolled up) · de Schriftrolle (a scroll) · fi rulla (a cylindrical twist of tobacco) · fi luettelo (a list of names or an official register of names) · vi cuộn (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · fr rôle (an official or public document) · bg свитък (a scroll) · ru руло́н (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · nl register (an official or public document) · la volūmen (a scroll) · myv акшо (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · fi rulla (that which is rolled up) · hi लपेटा (that which is rolled up) · de Ballen (that which is rolled up) · vi cuộn (a cylindrical twist of tobacco) · es rollo (a scroll) · es rollo (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · uk суві́й (that which is rolled up) · de Buchrolle (a scroll) · vi vai (part; office; duty) · pt rolo (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · ota دفتر (a list of names or an official register of names) · sv tygrulle (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · ru ве́домость (an official or public document) · de Rolle (a list of names or an official register of names) · cy rhôl (that which is rolled up) · sv lista (an official or public document) · de Ballen (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · cs svitek (a scroll) · vi cuộn (a scroll) · vi cuộn (a measure of parchments) · vi cuốn (that which is rolled up) · de Schriftband (a scroll) · bg ролка (that which is rolled up) · sv rulle (that which is rolled up) · grc κεφαλίς (a scroll) · nl rol (a scroll) · bg топ (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · pt rolo (that which is rolled up) · fi kääryle (that which is rolled up) · sv rullor (an official or public document) · de Rolle (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · mi pori (that which is rolled up) · pl rulon (that which is rolled up) · egy S:f:d-w-V12 (a scroll) · vi văn kiện (an official or public document) · fi käärö (that which is rolled up) · vi cuộn (that which is rolled up) · ru рее́стр (an official or public document) · de Register (an official or public document) · es registro (an official or public document) · fr registre (an official or public document) · ru ве́домость (a list of names or an official register of names) · ja 巻子本 (a scroll) · es rollo (that which is rolled up) · hi तम्बाकू का गोला (a cylindrical twist of tobacco) · he מגילה (a scroll) · sv rulle (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · ru рее́стр (a list of names or an official register of names) · ru сви́ток (a scroll) · vi danh sách (an official or public document) · ru спи́сок (a list of names or an official register of names) · vi chức vụ (part; office; duty) · de Namensrolle (a list of names or an official register of names) · myv тапардавкс (that which is rolled up) · hi सूची (an official or public document) · uk руло́н (that which is rolled up) · sv bokrulle (a scroll) · vi hồ sơ (an official or public document) · it rotolo (a cylindrical twist of tobacco) · eo rolo (part; office; duty) · nl rol (that which is rolled up) · de Namensliste (an official or public document) · de Bündel (that which is rolled up) · nl boekrol (a scroll) · fr rouleau (quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form) · ga meilleog (that which is rolled up) · fi rekisteri (an official or public document) · fr rouleau (that which is rolled up) · de Rolle (part; office; duty) · de Liste (an official or public document)