Roll vs. Rolly — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Roll or Rolly
How to spell Roll?
Roll
Correct Spelling
Rolly
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Roll Definitions
Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis
The car rolled down into a ditch
She rolled the ball across the floor
(of a vehicle) move or run on wheels
The van was rolling along the lane
Turn (something flexible) over and over on itself to form a cylinder, tube, or ball
She started to roll up her sleeping bag
Flatten (something) by passing a roller over it or by passing it between rollers
Roll out the dough on a floured surface
(of a loud, deep sound) reverberate
The first peals of thunder rolled across the sky
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Rob (someone, typically when they are intoxicated or asleep)
If you don't get drunk, you don't get rolled
A cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding
A roll of carpet
A movement in which someone or something turns or is turned over on itself
A roll of the dice
A prolonged, deep, reverberating sound
Thunder exploded, roll after roll
A very small loaf of bread, to be eaten by one person
Soup with a roll
A bacon roll
An official list or register of names
The school had no one by his name on its roll
Undulation of the landscape
Hidden by the roll of the land was a refinery
A roller for flattening something, especially one used to shape metal in a rolling mill.
To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers
Rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
To travel around; wander
Roll from town to town.
To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
To be carried on a stream
The logs rolled down the cascading river.
To start to move or operate
The press wouldn't roll.
To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum
The political campaign finally began to roll.
To go by; elapse
The days rolled along.
To recur. Often used with around
Summer has rolled around again.
To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
To turn over and over
The puppy rolled in the mud.
To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually
The child's eyes rolled with fright.
To turn around or revolve on an axis.
To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate
The waves rolled toward shore.
To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls
The dunes roll to the sea.
To move or rock from side to side
The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
(Slang) To experience periodic rushes after taking an intoxicating drug, especially MDMA.
To take the shape of a ball or cylinder
Yarn rolls easily.
To become flattened by pressure applied by a roller.
To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound
Thunder rolled in the distance.
To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
To pour, flow, or move in a continual stream
Tourists rolling into the city.
To enjoy ample amounts
Rolled in the money.
To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
To move or push along on wheels or rollers
Rolled the plane out of the hangar.
To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion
The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
To impart a swaying, rocking motion to
Heavy seas rolled the ship.
To turn around or partly turn around; rotate
Rolled his head toward the door.
To cause to begin moving or operating
Roll the cameras.
Roll the presses.
To extend or lay out
Rolled out a long rope.
To pronounce or utter with a trill
You must roll your r's in Spanish.
To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else. Often used with up
Roll up a poster.
To envelop or enfold in a covering
Roll dirty laundry in a sheet.
To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder
Roll a cigarette.
To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller
Roll pastry dough.
(Printing) To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
(Games) To throw (dice), as in craps.
(Slang) To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).
The act or an instance of rolling.
Something rolled up
A roll of tape.
A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
A register or a catalogue.
A list of names of persons belonging to a group.
A mass in cylindrical or rounded form
A roll of tobacco.
A small loaf of bread, portioned for one individual and often served as a side dish or appetizer or used to make a sandwich.
A portion of food wrapped around a filling
Cinnamon roll.
Sushi roll.
A rolling, swaying, or rocking motion.
A gentle swell or undulation of a surface
The roll of the plains.
A deep reverberation or rumble
The roll of thunder.
A rapid succession of short sounds
The roll of a drum.
A trill
The roll of his r's.
A resonant, rhythmical flow of words.
A roller, especially a cylinder on which to roll something up or with which to flatten something.
An amount of rotation around a longitudinal axis, as of an aircraft or boat.
A maneuver in which an airplane makes a single complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
(Slang) Money, especially a wad of paper money.
(transitive) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
(intransitive) To turn over and over.
The child will roll on the floor.
(intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
(transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the map for shipping.
(intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
(ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
(transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
To roll a field;
To roll paste;
To roll steel rails.
(intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
The pastry rolls well.
(ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
To leave or begin a journey.
I want to get there early; let's roll.
To compete, especially with vigor.
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
(transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
(geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
(transitive) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
To throw dice.
To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
(RPG) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
To generate a random number.
To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
To travel by sailing.
(transitive) To beat up; to assault.
To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
To betray secrets.
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
To (cause to) film.
The cameras are rolling.
It's time to roll the cameras.
To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
(intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
The hills rolled on
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
The years roll on.
(intransitive) To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
To move and cause an effect on someone
(intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
(transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
Many languages roll their r's.
To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
(transitive) To create a customized version of.
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To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
Containers will be rolled to another mother vessel.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
The roll of a ball
Look at the roll of the waves.
The roll of her eyes
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
Something which rolls.
A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
To pass rails through the rolls
A swagger or rolling gait.
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
Hear the roll of cannon.
There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Make your roll.
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling and especially in the phrase on a roll.
He is on a roll tonight.
A training match for a fighting dog.
An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
That was a good roll.
(paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
She has a bombproof roll.
(finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
That which is rolled up.
A roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
An official or public document; a register; a record.
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
A roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
(obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; - often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe.
To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; - often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies.
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Full oft in heart he rolleth up and downThe beauty of these florins new and bright.
To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.
And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
To fall or tumble; - with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.
To turn; to move circularly.
And his red eyeballs roll with living fire.
To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
What different sorrows did within thee roll.
To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled.
To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about.
The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
That which rolls; a roller.
That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Busy angels spreadThe lasting roll, recording what we say.
Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant.
The roll and list of that army doth remain.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.
Part; office; duty; rôle.
Rotary motion of an object around its own axis;
Wheels in axial rotation
A list of names;
His name was struck off the rolls
A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.);
He shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag
Small rounded bread either plain or sweet
A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
A document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
Anything rolled up in cylindrical form
The act of throwing dice
Walking with a rolling gait
A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
Move by turning over or rotating;
The child rolled down the hill
Turn over on your left side
Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle;
The President's convoy rolled past the crowds
Occur in soft rounded shapes;
The hills rolled past
Flatten or spread with a roller;
Roll out the paper
Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound;
The thunder rolled
Rolling drums
Wrap or coil around;
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
Begin operating or running;
The cameras were rolling
The presses are already rolling
Shape by rolling;
Roll a cigarette
Execute a roll, in tumbling;
The gymnasts rolled and jumped
Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
The curtains undulated
The waves rolled towards the beach
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woods
Roving vagabonds
The wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
The laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town
Move, rock, or sway from side to side;
The ship rolled on the heavy seas
Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis;
She rolled the ball
They rolled their eyes at his words
Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/;
She rolls her r's
Boil vigorously;
The liquid was seething
The water rolled
Take the shape of a roll or cylinder;
The carpet rolled out
Yarn rolls well
Show certain properties when being rolled;
The carpet rolls unevenly
Dried-out tobacco rolls badly
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