Roll Definition
- Undergoing or experiencing sustained, even increasing good fortune or success:
- Sexual intercourse.
- To cast dice, especially in craps.
- To cope with and withstand adversity, especially by being flexible.
- sexual intercourse
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Roll
- on a roll
- roll in the hay
- roll the bones
- roll with the punches
- a roll in the hay
- be on a roll
- roll around
- roll back
- roll in
- roll one's eyes
- roll out
- roll over
- roll up
- roll with the punches
- strike off the rolls
Origin of Roll
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The verb is from Middle English rollen, from Old French roler, from Medieval Latin rotulare (“to roll", "revolve"), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel"), diminutive of rota (“a wheel").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English rollen from Old French roler from Vulgar Latin rotulāre from Latin rotula diminutive of rota wheel ret- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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The noun is from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus (“a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a paper or parchment rolled up").
From Wiktionary
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