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pea roller

UK/ˈpiː ˌrəʊlə/

pea roller noun: a now-illegal delivery where the ball is rolled along the ground rather than bowled overarm.

Noun

pea roller (plural pea rollers)

  1. A now-illegal delivery where the ball is rolled along the ground rather than bowled overarm.
  2. A mishit shot that travels slowly along the ground.
    • The ball was sent rolling towards the Millwall goal as if prodded by an 88-year-old in carpet slippers. This pitiable pea-roller hit a divot and Nigel Spink, their goalkeeper, kindly dived over it as it hobbled across the goal-line at precisely three miles per hour.1999, Mark Hodkinson, Blue Moon: Down Among the Dead Men with Manchester City, →ISBN, page 132
    • Despite deputising between the sticks on that woeful evening against Northampton, his league debut began with a bang when he saved Yakubu's pea-roller penalty at Blackburn.2015, Neil Collins, Red Mist: A Fan's View of the 2014/15 Season, →ISBN, page 115

Forms of pea roller

pluralpea rollers
alternative formpea-roller

Questions about pea roller

What does pea roller mean?
Pea roller means a now-illegal delivery where the ball is rolled along the ground rather than bowled overarm.
What part of speech is pea roller?
Pea roller is a noun.
How do you pronounce pea roller?
Pea roller is pronounced /ˈpiː ˌrəʊlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pea roller?
The plural of pea roller is pea rollers.

Words near pea roller in the dictionary

  1. pea ores
  2. pea patch
  3. pea patches
  4. pea pod
  5. pea pods
  6. pea roller
  7. pea rollers
  8. pea shake
  9. pea shakes
  10. pea soup
  11. pea soup fog

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