Dictionary

roll over en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
   • The car rolled completely over.
   • That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy’s bed. At first he found it rather uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him very tight, and sometimes he rolled over on him, and sometimes he pushed him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit could scarcely breathe. 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
   • The mob rolled the car over.
3. (intransitive, transitive, usually, with-to) To give in to.
   • He doesn't meekly roll over to all her demands.
   • Six days ago, Russia's Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. He met the Ukrainian people. 2022 March 1, Joe Biden, State of the Union Address:
   • I'm not going to roll over this time.
4. (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
   • Thus, the bombardment mission was still possible to accomplish, since, on the U.S. Navy's side, both admirals were dead and only Helena and Fletcher stood any chance in further combat. Abe's remaining forces should've been able to roll straight over them, destroy Henderson Field, and the troop landings would be completed without any further interference. 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 23:45 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
5. To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
6. To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
7. (transitive) To move the cursor over.
   • In this task, you'll revisit the button symbol so that it reacts when the user rolls over it. 2004, Shaowen Bardzell, Jeffrey Bardzell, Macromedia Studio MX 2004:
8. (intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
   • […] to check if the system time has rolled over to the next second. 2001, Mark Lutz, Programming Python: Object-Oriented Scripting:
   • The dashboard clock rolled over to midnight, and a song lyric popped into my head: lonely midnight drivers, drifting out to sea. 2005, Michael Koryta, Tonight I Said Goodbye:

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Translations (73)

izh veerrä (to make a rolling motion or turn) · ru пасова́ть (to give in to) · es sucumbir. (to give in to) · pl najechać (to move the cursor over) · pl rozbijać (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru перевора́чивать (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · mi tūwhiti (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · ru поддава́ться (to give in to) · mi porepore (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl roznieść (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · pl zmiatać (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru опроки́дываться (to make a rolling motion or turn) · mi takahurihuri (to make a rolling motion or turn) · ru смиря́ться (to give in to) · mi owhaowha (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl rozgromić (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · nl overkop gaan (to make a rolling motion or turn) · ru повора́чивать (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · ru реинвести́ровать (to reinvest) · ru разнести́ (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru перева́ливаться (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl roznosić (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ta புரள் (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl przewracać się z boku na bok (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl reinwestować (to reinvest) · pl zmiażdżyć (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ta புரட்டு (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · ru переофо́рмить (to reinvest) · ru разби́ть (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru смести́ (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · pl rozjechać (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · pl wyzerowywać (to increment, especially back to initial value) · mi takaoriori (to make a rolling motion or turn) · ru откати́ться (to increment, especially back to initial value) · ru перева́ливать (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · es darse la vuelta (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl przewrócić (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · ru сокруши́ть (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · pl poddawać się (to give in to) · pl rozgramiać (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru покоря́ться (to give in to) · fi vierittää (to move the cursor over) · pl zmieść (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru перека́тывать (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · es volcar (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl poddać się (to give in to) · pl najeżdżać (to move the cursor over) · ru повора́чиваться (to make a rolling motion or turn) · ru навести́ (to move the cursor over) · ru перейти́ (to increment, especially back to initial value) · pl przewrócić się z boku na bok (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl wyzerować (to increment, especially back to initial value) · ru перека́тываться (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl miażdżyć (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru сдава́ться (to give in to) · ru перескочи́ть (to increment, especially back to initial value) · fi pyöräyttää (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · ru перемести́ться (to increment, especially back to initial value) · fi myöntyä (to give in to) · ru раздави́ть (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · es ceder (to give in to) · pl rozjeżdżać (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · ru опроки́дывать (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · fi pyörähtää (to make a rolling motion or turn) · ru уступа́ть (to give in to) · fi pyörähtää (to increment, especially back to initial value) · pl rozbić (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside) · fi pyöräyttää (to reinvest) · ru воро́чаться (to make a rolling motion or turn) · pl przewracać (to cause a rolling motion or turn) · ru перевора́чиваться (to make a rolling motion or turn) · mi takaporepore (to make a rolling motion or turn) · ru разгроми́ть (to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside)