roller en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈɹəʊlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er. * (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.
Meanings
- Anything that rolls. ▸ Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
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Anything that rolls. ▸ A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
The deposit of color on the stone is transmitted to the metal by the lithographic roller the same as for paper.
1857, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications, page 118:
- Anything that rolls. ▸ An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A roller towel.
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Anything that rolls. ▸ A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared.
1947 March and April, “Notes and News: The Edge Hill Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- Anything that rolls. ▸ A rolling pin
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(qualifier:disc golf) Anything that rolls. ▸ A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
He threw a beautiful roller that cut the corner perfectly and stopped just outside the circle.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
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A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141:He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- A bird. ▸ A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
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A bird. ▸ Any of various nonpasserine birds constituting the family Coraciidae, having stocky bodies, large heads, and stout bills hooked at the tip.
In such places I found a good many birds, among which were the fine cream-coloured pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa, and the rare blue-headed roller, Coracias temmincki, which has a most discordant voice, and generally goes in pairs, flying from tree to tree, and exhibiting while at rest that all-in-a-heap appearance and jerking motion of the head and tail which are so characteristic of the great Fissirostral group to which it belongs.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 333:
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
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A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
I learned a lot from watching, but the part that I should have studied harder was the roller. The names of the writers went on for ever.
2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 69:
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- (informal, slang) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- (slang) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rollers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
coal roller · roller shoe · roller skate · roller skating · Cambridge roller · roller football · roller boot · paint roller · Mosilikatze's roller · rollercoaster · roller-coasterish · roller table · dandy-roller · roller blade · rollergirl · roller cone bit · stoneroller · lint roller · fancy roller · high-roller · steam roller · cuckoo-roller · roller chain · ground roller · pinch roller · roller docker · threshing roller · roller coaster · sap roller · lush roller · rollermaker · rollermaking · leaf roller · European roller · roller bottle · roller gin · Indian roller · roller disco · roller shutter · pea roller · lush-roller · rollerdrum · hair roller · roller sled hockey · roller machine · rollerman · roller sledge hockey · roller-cone bit · light roller · steamroller · leaf-roller · lilac-breasted roller · heavy roller · beard roller · roller bearing · roller derby · threshing-roller · Rollermania · lilac-throated roller · roller-coaster · roller shade · roller bed · snow roller · roller hockey · dermaroller · roller organ · ab roller · roller bolt · rollerboard · cheese roller · roller blind · foot roller · roller sport · roller-skate · mine roller · rolleron · ab roller wheel · roller-disco · foam roller · rollerless · road roller · dandy roller · rollerball · throller · roller rink · Oriental roller · rollerblade · high roller · roller mill
Descendants
Synonyms
rolling paint brush · paint roller · rolling brush
Translations (90)
nn valse (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · mn өнхрүүш (tool for applying paint or ink) · tl paralis (anything that rolls) · grc κύλινδρος (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · ja ローラー (anything that rolls) · fi tela (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · hu henger (tool for applying paint or ink) · bg ролка (anything that rolls) · tl rodilyo (anything that rolls) · bg вал (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · de Rollertaube (roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed) · el χαλκοκουρούνα (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ota مردانه (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · fi rulla (anything that rolls) · it cavallone (large, wide, curling wave) · cmn 三寶鳥 /三宝鸟 (bird of the family Coraciidae) · nn vals (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · ce чӏоб (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ja 仏法僧 (bird of the family Coraciidae) · bg вал (large, wide, curling wave) · nb vals (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · fr rollier (bird of the family Coraciidae) · he כָּחָל (bird of the family Coraciidae) · fi jyrä (cricket: large rolling device) · ja ブッポウソウ (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ru ту́рман (roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed) · nv gáagii naashchʼąąʼígíí (bird of the family Coraciidae) · is rúlla (tool for applying paint or ink) · fi sininärhi (bird of the family Coraciidae) · es rodillo (anything that rolls) · bg синявица (bird of the family Coraciidae) · mi tārawa (large, wide, curling wave) · fi maininki (large, wide, curling wave) · nb malerulle (tool for applying paint or ink) · ru вал (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · tr gökkuzgun (bird of the family Coraciidae) · vo korak (bird of the family Coraciidae) · es rodillo (tool for applying paint or ink) · de Racke (bird of the family Coraciidae) · bg валяк (tool for applying paint or ink) · ru вал (anything that rolls) · cs mandelík (bird of the family Coraciidae) · mk ва́лјак (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · nb rulle (tool for applying paint or ink) · mi rōra (agricultural machine) · fa سبزگرا (bird of the family Coraciidae) · sh zlatovrana (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ru сизоворо́нка (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ko 롤러 (anything that rolls) · ko 파랑새 (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ru ва́лик (tool for applying paint or ink) · pl kraska (bird of the family Coraciidae) · mk ва́лјак (tool for applying paint or ink) · fi tela (tool for applying paint or ink) · cmn 滾筒刷 /滚筒刷 (tool for applying paint or ink) · ota لوغ (agricultural machine) · nrf rouôleux (anything that rolls) · pl wałek (anything that rolls) · de Roller (roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed) · pt rolo de pintura (tool for applying paint or ink) · ko 파랑새과 (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ru ро́лик (anything that rolls) · cmn 三寶鳥屬 /三宝鸟属 (bird of the family Coraciidae) · nb valse (rotating cylindrical part of a machine) · ru вал (large, wide, curling wave) · ru колёсико (anything that rolls) · fr rouleau (tool for applying paint or ink) · fa سبزقبا (bird of the family Coraciidae) · mk го́лем бра́н (large, wide, curling wave) · grc κύλινδρος (anything that rolls) · fi jyrä (agricultural machine) · fi vikellysvyö (padded surcingle used on horses) · de Orientalischer Roller (roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed) · es carraca (bird of the family Coraciidae) · cmn 佛法僧 (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ota مردانه (anything that rolls) · ota لوغ (anything that rolls) · mk модро́вранка (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ja ブッポウソウ科 (bird of the family Coraciidae) · ru буру́н (large, wide, curling wave) · fi lopputekstit (TV, film: credits) · kk білікше (tool for applying paint or ink) · hu csörgőmadár (bird of the family Coraciidae) · mk ро́лна (anything that rolls) · sv roller (tool for applying paint or ink) · fi pyörittäjä (anything that rolls) · fa سبزک (bird of the family Coraciidae) · nl roller (anything that rolls) · ota مردانه (tool for applying paint or ink) · hu szalakóta (bird of the family Coraciidae)