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1. A grounder that rolls along the infield
    
2. A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
   - roll, rolling wave
    
3. A small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
    
4. A cylinder that revolves
    
5. A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
   "a woman with her head full of rollers is not a pretty sight";
   - curler, hair curler, crimper
    
6. Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
    
7. Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
   - tumbler, tumbler pigeon

Derived forms: rollers

Type of: coraciiform bird, cylinder, domestic pigeon, ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper, mechanical device, moving ridge, wave, wheel

Part of: Coraciidae, family Coraciidae, roller blind, roller skate

Encyclopedia: Roller, Joseph