rolling
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/
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/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ · /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/
Definition of rolling
12 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (colloquial)Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
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adj
- (colloquial)Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
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Staggered in time and space.
“on a rolling basis”
“a 90-day rolling business plan”
“rolling blackouts or brownouts”
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Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
“The rolling mist came down and hid the land: / And never home came she.”
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Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
“From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.”
“2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey. I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca”
- Making a continuous sound.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang)Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
“Why one man who used to take me out, who was absolutely rolling, never tipped anyone.”
- having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
- (slang)Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of roll
noun
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The act by which something is rolled.
“Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.”
- A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
By surface analysis, roll + -ing.
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