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roll out

Variant of roll

intransitive verb

    1. to move by turning on an axis or over and over
    2. to rotate about its axis lengthwise, as a spacecraft in flight
    1. to move or be moved on wheels
    2. to travel in a wheeled vehicle
  1. to travel about; wander
  2. to pass; elapse: the years rolled by
    1. to flow, as water, in a full swelling or sweeping motion: the waves rolling against the boat
    2. to be carried in a flow
  3. to extend in gentle swells or undulations
  4. to make a loud, continuous rising and falling sound: thunder rolls
  5. to rise and fall in a full, mellow cadence: said of sound, speech, etc.
  6. to trill or warble
  7. to form a ball or cylinder when turned over and over on itself: said as of cloth or yarn
  8. to turn in a circular motion or move back and forth: with eyes rolling
  9. to rock from side to side: the ship pitched and rolled
  10. to walk by swaying
  11. to become flattened or spread under a roller
  12. to make progress; advance: start rolling
  13. to start operating: the presses rolled
  14. to take part in a bowling game
  15. Informal to have plenty; abound (in): rolling in wealth
  16. Football to move laterally: said of the passer
    in full roll out

transitive verb

  1. to move by turning on an axis or over and over: to roll a hoop
  2. to move or send on wheels or rollers
  3. to cause to start operating
  4. to move or send in a full, sweeping motion
  5. to beat (a drum) with blows in rapid, light succession
  6. to utter with full, flowing sound: to roll one's words
  7. to pronounce or say with a trill: to roll one's r's
  8. to give a swaying motion to: waves rolling the ship along
  9. to move gently around and around or from side to side: to roll one's eyes
  10. to make into a ball or cylinder by winding over and over itself or something else: to roll a cigarette
  11. to wrap or enfold, as in a covering: to roll a child in a blanket
  12. to make flat, smooth, or spread out by using a roller, rolling pin, etc.
    1. to throw (the dice) as in the game of craps
    2. to make (a specified cast) with dice: she rolled a four
  13. Slang to rob (a drunken or sleeping person)
  14. Bowling
    1. to throw (a ball)
    2. to make (a certain play or score): to roll a strike
    3. to take part in (a game or games): to roll three games
  15. Printing to spread ink on (type, a form, etc.) with a roller

noun

  1. the act or an instance of rolling
    1. a paper, parchment, etc. that is rolled up; scroll
    2. something that is, or looks as if, rolled up
  2. a register; catalog
  3. a list of names for checking attendance; muster roll
  4. a measure of something rolled into a cylinder: a roll of wallpaper
  5. a cylindrical mass of something: a sausage roll
  6. any of various foods that are rolled during preparation, as
    1. any small portion of bread, variously shaped
    2. thin cake covered with fruit, nuts, etc. and rolled: a jelly roll
    3. beef, veal, etc. rolled and cooked
  7. a roller (in various senses)
  8. a swaying or rolling motion
  9. a rapid succession of light blows on a drum
  10. a loud, reverberating sound; peal, as of thunder
  11. a full, cadenced flow of words
  12. a trill or warble
  13. a slight swell or rise on the surface of something, as land
  14. Slang money; esp., a wad of paper money
  15. Aeron. a maneuver in which an airplane in flight performs one complete rotation around its longitudinal axis
  16. Bookbinding a revolving tool used in making an impression or pattern

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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