roll : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course
  

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• noun a list of the members of church
  

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• noun rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking
  cinnamon bun; cinnamon snail.
  

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• noun yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan
  

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• noun any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze
  coffee roll.
  

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Coun"ter-roll` noun

Etymology

Cf. Control.

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1. (O. Eng. Law) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. Burrill. ✍ As a verb this word is contracted into control. See Control.

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• the records of a court. SeeRoll.

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• noun very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
  croissant.
  

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• noun a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster
  

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• noun the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
  paradiddle; roll.
  

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• noun minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried
  egg roll.
  

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• noun a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket
  

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• (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape.

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• a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire.

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• the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars.

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• verb start to be active
  get started; get going; get moving; get weaving; get cracking; bestir oneself.
  
  • Get cracking, please!

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• noun a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty
  hamburger bun.
  

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• noun yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
  hard roll.
  

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• noun United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
  Morton; Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton.
  

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• noun rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center
  

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• (Agric.), a roller somewhat in the form of two cones set base to base. Prov. Eng.

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• (Mil.), a prolonged roll of the drums, as the signal of an attack by the enemy, and for the troops to arrange themselves in line.

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• in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. Bouvier. Wharton.

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• noun a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company
  

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• (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster.

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• noun yeast-raised roll flavored with onion
  

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• noun yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking
  

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• the registers, or records, of patents.

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• a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due.

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• noun pinwheel-shaped rolls spread with cinnamon and sugar and filled with e.g. jam before baking
  

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• (Coining), rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness.

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Rag"man's roll`

Etymology

For ragman roll a long list of names, the devil's roll or list; where ragman is of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ragmenni a craven person, Sw. raggen the devil. Icel. ragmenni is fr. ragr cowardly (another form of argr, akin to AS. earg cowardly, vile, G. arg bad) + menni (in comp.) man, akin to E. man. See Roll, and cf. Rigmarole.

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1. The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296. Also written ragman-roll.

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• a list or account of rents or income; a rental.

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• noun a register of rents; includes the names of tenants and the amount of rent they pay
  

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• noun a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
  rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music; rock; rock'n'roll.
  
  • rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.

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• noun a performer or composer or fan of rock music
  rocker.
  

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• noun a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
  rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music; rock; rock'n'roll.
  
  • rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.

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• noun a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
  rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music; rock; rock'n'roll.
  
  • rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.

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• verb happen regularly
  come around.
  
  • Christmas rolled around again

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• noun calling out an official list of names
  

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• the act, or the time, of calling over a list names, as among soldiers.

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• verb gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
  avalanche.
  

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• noun photographic film wound on a spool
  

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• verb pour or flow in a steady stream
  
  • mist rolled in from the sea
  • tourists rolled in from the neighboring countryside

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• noun slang for sexual intercourse
  ass; screw; piece of tail; fucking; shtup; screwing; fuck; nookie; piece of ass; nooky; shag.
  
• verb have sexual intercourse with
  love; fuck; sleep with; have it away; screw; have intercourse; get it on; lie with; hump; make love; make out; get laid; have a go at it; bonk; eff; have sex; jazz; be intimate; know; have it off; bang; bed; do it; sleep together.
  
  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
  • Adam knew Eve
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?

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• noun tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
  smoke.
  

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• verb recite volubly or extravagantly
  spiel off; rattle down; reel off; rattle off.
  
  • He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

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• verb flatten or spread with a roller
  roll.
  
  • roll out the paper
• verb straighten by unrolling
  straighten.
  
  • roll out the big map

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• verb make a rolling motion or turn
  
  • The dog rolled over
• verb negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
  
  • roll over a loan
• verb re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
  
  • She rolled over her IRA

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• (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations.

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• verb form into a cylinder by rolling
  furl.
  
  • Roll up the cloth
• verb get or gather together
  amass; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
  
  • I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
  • She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
  • She rolled up a small fortune
• verb arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes"
  
• verb make into a bundle
  bundle up; bundle.
  
  • he bundled up his few possessions
• verb close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle
  
  • she rolled up the window when it started to rain
• verb form a cylinder by rolling
  wrap up.
  
  • roll up a banner
• verb show certain properties when being rolled
  roll.
  
  • The carpet rolls unevenly
  • dried-out tobacco rolls badly

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• noun a dispenser of a liquid cosmetic (such as a deodorant) having a revolving ball as an applicator
  
• noun a woman's foundation garment rolled on to the hips
  

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• noun a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination
  

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• noun biscuit made from dough rolled and cut
  

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• adjective satellite made up of several components combined into a single entity
  

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• noun meal made from rolled or ground oats
  oatmeal.
  

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• noun a hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope
  

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• noun steel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars
  

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• noun a strong tissue paper that burns evenly and is sufficiently porous to control the burning of the tobacco in a cigarette
  cigarette paper.
  

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• noun utensil consisting of a cylinder (usually of wood) with a handle at each end; used to roll out dough
  

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• noun collection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier
  

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• noun a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
  roll; roller.
  

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Roll"ing-pin` noun

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1. A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.

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• (or of any public body), the parchments or rolls on which the acts and proceedings of that body are engrossed by the proper officer, and which constitute the records of such public body.

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• rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars.

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• noun sausage meat rolled and baked in pastry
  

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• a small piese of parchment added to a roll.

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• noun a fast roll
  

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• noun yeast-raised roll with a soft crust
  

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• noun minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried
  egg roll.
  

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• noun any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze
  coffee roll.
  

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• noun thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake
  jellyroll.
  

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• to call off or recite a list or roll of names of persons belonging to an organization, in order to ascertain who are present or to obtain responses from those present.

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• to gad abroad. Obs.

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• to utter the letter r with a trill. Colloq.

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• to wallow.

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• to direct its axis hither and thither in quick succession.

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• noun a roll of toilet paper
  

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• noun yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
  hard roll.
  

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• (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest.

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