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

1. Propelling something on wheels
   "The rolling of patients through hospital corridors requires care and attention";
   - wheeling
    
2. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
   "The rolling of the cathedral bells could be heard across the city";
   - peal, pealing, roll
    
3. The act of robbing a helpless person
   "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park"

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. Flatten or spread with a roller
   "roll out the paper";
   - roll out
    
4. Occur in soft rounded shapes
   "The hills rolled past";
   - undulate
    
5. 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
    
6. Move, rock, or sway from side to side
   "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
    
7. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
   "the waves rolled towards the beach";
   - undulate, flap, wave
    
8. Shape by rolling
   "roll a cigarette"
    
9. Begin operating or running
   "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
    
10. Execute a roll, in tumbling
    "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
     
11. 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]
     
12. Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
    "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
     
13. Arrange or coil around
    "roll your hair around your finger";
    - wind[2], wrap, twine
     
14. Take the shape of a roll or cylinder
    "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
     
15. Show certain properties when being rolled
    "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"; "The carpet rolls up unevenly";
    - roll up
     
16. Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
    "The pickpocket rolled drunk patrons at the bar";
    - hustle [informal], pluck
     
17. Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
    "She rolls her r's"
     
18. Boil vigorously
    "The water rolled";
    - seethe

Derived forms: rollings

See also: articulable, pronounceable, roll over, sayable

Type of: actuation, articulate, boil, change, change form, change shape, churn, deform, displace, enounce [archaic], enunciate, flatten, form, function, go, locomote, moil [N. Amer], move, occur, 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

Antonym: wind off

Encyclopedia: Rolling, Langlade County, Wisconsin