roll

1. verb

1)

the bottle rolled down the table

Syn:

turn round and round, go round and round, turn over and over, spin, rotate

2)

waiters rolled in the trolleys

Syn:

wheel, push, trundle

3)

we rolled past fields

Syn:

travel, go, move, pass, cruise, sweep

4)

the months rolled by

Syn:

pass, pass by, go by, slip by, fly by, elapse, wear on, march on

5)

tears rolled down her cheeks

Syn:

flow, run, course, stream, pour, spill, trickle

6)

the mist rolled in

Syn:

billow, undulate, tumble

7)

he rolled his handkerchief into a ball

Syn:

wind, coil, fold, curl; twist

8)

roll out the pastry

Syn:

flatten (out), level (out); even out

9)

they rolled about with laughter

Syn:

stagger, lurch, reel, totter, teeter, wobble

10)

the ship began to roll

Syn:

lurch, toss, rock, pitch, plunge, sway, reel, list, keel

11)

thunder rolled

Syn:

rumble, reverberate, echo, resound, boom, roar, grumble

2. noun

1)

a roll of wrapping paper

Syn:

cylinder, tube, scroll; bolt

2)

a roll of film

Syn:

reel, spool

3)

a roll of $20 bills

Syn:

wad, bundle

4)

a roll of the dice

Syn:

throw, toss, turn, spin

5)

crusty rolls

Syn:

bread roll, bun, bagel, hoagie, kaiser roll

6)

the electoral roll

Syn:

list, register, directory, record, file, index, catalog, inventory; census

7)

a roll of thunder

Syn:

rumble, reverberation, echo, boom, clap, crack, roar, grumble

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- roll in

- rolling in it

- roll something out

- roll something up