ALL meanings of on a roll
on a roll
O o - verb without object on a roll to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel. 1
- verb without object on a roll to move or be moved on wheels, as a vehicle or its occupants. 1
- verb without object on a roll to flow or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as water, waves, or smoke. 1
- verb without object on a roll to extend in undulations, as land. 1
- verb without object on a roll to elapse, pass, or move, as time (often followed by on, away, or by). 1
- verb without object on a roll to move as in a cycle (usually followed by round or around): as soon as summer rolls round again. 1
- verb without object on a roll to perform a periodical revolution in an orbit, as a heavenly body. 1
- verb without object on a roll to emit or have a deep, prolonged sound, as thunder, drums, etc. 1
- verb without object on a roll to trill, as a bird. 1
- verb without object on a roll to revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis or a person or animal lying down. 1
- verb without object on a roll to turn around in different directions or in a circle, as the eyes in their sockets. 1
- verb without object on a roll to rock from side to side in open water. Compare heave (def 14b), pitch1 (def 20). to sail with a side-to-side rocking motion. 1
- verb without object on a roll to walk with a swinging or swaying gait. 1
- verb without object on a roll Informal. to begin to move or operate; start; commence: Let's roll at sunrise. 1
- verb without object on a roll Informal. to go forward or advance without restrictions or impediments: The economy is finally beginning to roll. 1
- verb without object on a roll to curl up so as to form a tube or cylinder. 1
- verb without object on a roll to admit of being formed into a tube or cylinder by curling up. 1
- verb without object on a roll to be spread out after being curled up (usually followed by out). 1
- verb without object on a roll to spread out as under a roller: The paint rolls easily. 1
- verb without object on a roll Aviation. (of an aircraft or rocket) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by rotation about its longitudinal axis. 1
- verb with object on a roll to cause to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a cask, a ball, or a hoop. 1
- verb with object on a roll to move along on wheels or rollers; convey in a wheeled vehicle. 1
- verb with object on a roll to drive, impel, or cause to flow onward with a sweeping or undulating motion: The wind rolled the waves high on the beach. 1
- verb with object on a roll to utter or give forth with a full, flowing, continuous sound: rolling his orotund phrases. 1
- verb with object on a roll to trill: to roll one's r's. 1
- verb with object on a roll to cause to revolve or turn over or over and over: to roll oneself on one's face. 1
- verb with object on a roll to cause to sway or rock from side to side, as a ship. 1
- verb with object on a roll to wrap (something) around an axis, around upon itself, or into a cylindrical shape, ball, or the like: to roll string. 1
- verb with object on a roll to make by forming a tube or cylinder: to roll a cigarette. 1
- verb with object on a roll to spread out flat (something curled up) (often followed by out): He rolled the map out on the table. 1
- verb with object on a roll to wrap, enfold, or envelop, as in some covering: to roll a child in a blanket. 1
- verb with object on a roll to spread out, level, smooth, compact, or the like, as with a rolling pin, roller, the hands, etc.: to roll dough; to roll a tennis court. 1
- verb with object on a roll to form (metal) in a rolling mill. 1
- verb with object on a roll to tumble (metal pieces and abrasives) in a box or barrel in such a way that their relative positions remain the same. 1
- verb with object on a roll to beat (a drum) with rapid, continuous strokes. 1
- verb with object on a roll (in certain games, as craps) to cast, or throw (dice). 1
- verb with object on a roll Printing. to apply (ink) with a roller or series of rollers. 1
- verb with object on a roll Slang. to rob, especially by going through the pockets of a victim who is either asleep or drunk. 1
- noun on a roll a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll. 1
- noun on a roll a list, register, or catalog, especially one containing the names of the persons belonging to a company, class, society, etc. 1
- noun on a roll anything rolled up in a ringlike or cylindrical form: a roll of wire. 1
- noun on a roll a number of papers or other items rolled up together. 1
- noun on a roll a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form (often forming a definite measure). 1
- noun on a roll a cylindrical or rounded mass of something: rolls of fat. 1
- noun on a roll some article of cylindrical or rounded form, as a molding. 1
- noun on a roll a cylindrical piece upon which something is rolled along to facilitate moving. 1
- noun on a roll a cylinder serving as a core upon which something is rolled up. 1
- noun on a roll a roller with which something is spread out, leveled, crushed, smoothed, compacted, or the like. 1
- noun on a roll Cookery. thin cake spread with jelly or the like and rolled up. a small cake of bread, originally and still often rolled or doubled on itself before baking. meat rolled up and cooked. 1
- noun on a roll the act or process or an instance of rolling. 1