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ROLLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Propelling something on wheels
Synonyms:
rolling; wheeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rolling" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Derivation:
roll (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of robbing a helpless person
Example:
he was charged with rolling drunks in the park
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rolling" is a kind of...):
robbery (larceny by threat of violence)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rolling" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Derivation:
roll (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uttered with a trill
Example:
she used rolling r's as in Spanish
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
pronounceable (capable of being uttered or pronounced)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb roll
Context examples:
Then he stood, without movement, as before, the stricken wolf rolling in agony behind him.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Already we were in her dust, so that we could see nothing but the dim scarlet blur in the heart of it, rocking and rolling, with its outline hardening at every stride.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The solar eclipse last month on December 25 was a peach, and that sweet new moon starting the ball rolling.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This allele, which encodes macrosialin protein, may play a role in the regulation of macrophage homing and rolling and the mediation of pathogen binding and internalization.
(CD68 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
They did not know what had become of him; and in that moment he struck them on the shoulder, rolling them off their feet and delivering his stroke at the throat.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"I am so tired, so tired," he would murmur, rolling his head back and forth on the pillow like a peevish child.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Then at last Summerlee, with his sneer and his pipe, would move forwards, and Challenger would come rolling and grumbling after.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It’s not worth the trouble,” said the third; “let him live, he’ll go climbing higher up the mountain, and some cloud will come rolling and carry him away.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Again a head shot swiftly out, and the great Lion went rolling down the hill as if he had been struck by a cannon ball.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
All over the countryside, away to the rolling hills around Aldershot, the little red and grey roofs of the farm-steadings peeped out from amid the light green of the new foliage.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
