Dictionary

roll off en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹol ˈɔf/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (of an aircraft) To spontaneously roll suddenly and rapidly to one side or the other upon entering a stall (due to one wing stalling slightly before the other does, combined with the reduced effectiveness of ailerons for roll control at high angles of attack).
   • In addition to the large decrease in lift caused by the stall itself, further performance degradation can be expected as the airplane rolls off, as the spoilers on the high wing deploy in an attempt to fight the plane's sudden rolling motion.
2. (intransitive) To come off (something) with a rolling motion.
   • Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement. 2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption:
   • I can't believe that that skateboarder just rolled right off that ledge like the six-foot drop was nothing!
   • My pen rolled off the table.
3. (transitive) To take (something) off (i.e., remove it) via a rolling motion.
   • The truck driver rolled off a fresh dumpster and left it sitting at the curb to be filled tomorrow.
4. To come from an assembly line.
   • rolled off the line
   • Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production [title] 2022 December 8, Associated Press, “Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production”, in The Guardian:
   • A total of 1.67m cars rolled off UK production lines in 2017, down 3% compared with 2016 as demand for British-made cars dropped both at home and abroad, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 2018 January 31, Angela Monaghan, “UK car production falls for first time since 2009 as Brexit fears hit sales”, in The Guardian:
5. To show reduced response at the upper or lower limits of a frequency range.
   • rolled-off highs

Forms

Antonyms

roll on

Deriveds

roll-off · roll-on roll-off · rolloff

Translations (2)

es rodar de/desde (intransitive) · es bajar rodando (transitive)