"rolling" in the noun sense
1. peal, pealing, roll, rolling
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
2. rolling
the act of robbing a helpless person
"he was charged with rolling drunks in the park"
3. wheeling, rolling
propelling something on wheels
"rolling" in the verb sense
1. roll, turn over
move by turning over or rotating
"The child rolled down the hill"
"turn over on your left side"
2. wheel, roll
move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
"The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
3. roll, undulate
occur in soft rounded shapes
"The hills rolled past"
4. roll out, roll
flatten or spread with a roller
"roll out the paper"
5. roll
emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
"The thunder rolled"
"rolling drums"
6. wind, wrap, roll, twine
arrange or or coil around
"roll your hair around your finger"
"Twine the thread around the spool"
"She wrapped her arms around the child"
7. roll
begin operating or running
"The cameras were rolling"
"The presses are already rolling"
8. roll
shape by rolling
"roll a cigarette"
9. roll
execute a roll, in tumbling
"The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
10. hustle, pluck, roll
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
11. roll, undulate, flap, wave
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
"The curtains undulated"
"the waves rolled towards the beach"
12. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
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"
13. roll
move, rock, or sway from side to side
"The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
14. roll, revolve
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"
15. roll
pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
"She rolls her r's"
16. seethe, roll
boil vigorously
"The liquid was seething"
"The water rolled"
17. roll
take the shape of a roll or cylinder
"the carpet rolled out"
"Yarn rolls well"
18. roll, roll up
show certain properties when being rolled
"The carpet rolls unevenly"
"dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
"rolling" in the adjective sense
1. rolled, rolling, trilled
uttered with a trill
"she used rolling r's as in Spanish"
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