Roll-on Definition

rōlŏn, -ôn
roll-ons
adjective
Of or being a substance, such as a deodorant, that is dispensed from a container having a rolling ball at one end serving as an applicator.
American Heritage
Designating any of various commercial products, as a deodorant lotion, that are applied to the skin by means of a rotating ball within the top of the dispenser.
Webster's New World
noun
Such a product.
Webster's New World

(dated, often in the plural) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.

Wiktionary

A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.

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verb

(intransitive, especially of time) To pass; to go on; to elapse.

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(intransitive) To continue to move forwards.

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interjection

Used to express anticipation.

"Roll on summer!"
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Other Word Forms of Roll-on

Noun

Singular:
roll-on
Plural:
roll-ons

Roll-on Sentence Examples

  • The Rhone continues to roll on southwards, but no longer (as no doubt it did in ancient days) enters the Lac du Bourget, of which it receives the waters through a canal, and then leaves it on the east in order to run along the foot of the last spur of the Jura.

  • Hence the meridian section of the film may be traced by the focus of such a conic, if the conic is made to roll on the axis.

  • Our personal hygiene correspondent Alex Proud reports that roll-on deodorant is more efficacious than the aerosol variety.

  • Listen to the opening drum roll on the first Small Faces album.

  • The list of problems with the Islamic worldview simply roll on and on and on.

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Words Starting With

RROROL

Words Ending With

NON

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