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Synonyms
roll

verb

  1. move by turning over or rotating: "The child rolled down the hill"
  2. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle: "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
  3. occur in soft rounded shapes: "The hills rolled past"
  4. flatten or spread with a roller: "roll out the paper"
  5. emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound: "The thunder rolled"
  6. wrap or coil around: "roll your hair around your finger"
  7. begin operating or running: "The cameras were rolling"
  8. shape by rolling: "roll a cigarette"
  9. execute a roll, in tumbling: "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"

noun

  1. rotary motion of an object around its own axis: "wheels in axial rotation"
  2. a list of names: "his name was struck off the rolls"
  3. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
  4. photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
  5. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
  6. 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"