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1. Uttered with a trill
   "she used rolling r's as in Spanish";
   - rolled, trilled

1. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
   - peal, pealing, roll
    
2. The act of robbing a helpless person
   "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park"
    
3. Propelling something on wheels
   - wheeling

1. Move by turning over or rotating
   "The child rolled down the hill";
   - turn over
    
2. Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
   "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds";
   - wheel
    
3. Occur in soft rounded shapes
   "The hills rolled past";
   - undulate
    
4. Flatten or spread with a roller
   "roll out the paper";
   - roll out
    
5. Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
   "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
    
6. Arrange or coil around
   "roll your hair around your finger";
   - wind[2], wrap, twine
    
7. Begin operating or running
   "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
    
8. Shape by rolling
   "roll a cigarette"
    
9. Execute a roll, in tumbling
   "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
    
10. Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
    - hustle [informal], pluck
     
11. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    "the waves rolled towards the beach";
    - undulate, flap, wave
     
12. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
    "They rolled from town to town";
    - wander, swan [informal], stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond [archaic]
     
13. Move, rock, or sway from side to side
    "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
     
14. Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
    "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words";
    - revolve
     
15. Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
    "She rolls her r's"
     
16. Boil vigorously
    "The water rolled";
    - seethe
     
17. Take the shape of a roll or cylinder
    "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
     
18. Show certain properties when being rolled
    "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"; "The carpet rolls up unevenly";
    - roll up

Derived forms: rollings

See also: articulable, pronounceable, roll up, sayable

Type of: actuation, articulate, boil, change, change form, change shape, churn, deform, displace, enounce, enunciate, flatten, form, function, go, locomote, moil [N. Amer], move, operate, pancake, pronounce, propulsion, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], robbery, rock, roil, run, say, shake, shape, sound, sound out, steal, sway, travel, tumble, turn, work

Encyclopedia: Rolling, WI