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roll one's r's

roll one's r's verb: to make an alveolar trill sound for the letter r.

Verb

roll one's r's (third-person singular simple present rolls one's r's, present participle rolling one's r's, simple past and past participle rolled one's r's)

  1. To make an alveolar trill sound for the letter r.
    • Can you roll your r's?

Forms of roll one's r's

third-person singular presentrolls one's r's
present participlerolling one's r's
past participlerolled one's r's
pastrolled one's r's

Questions about roll one's r's

What does roll one's r's mean?
Roll one's r's means to make an alveolar trill sound for the letter r.
What part of speech is roll one's r's?
Roll one's r's is a verb.
What is the past tense of roll one's r's?
The past tense of roll one's r's is rolled one's r's.

Words near roll one's r's in the dictionary

  1. roll off one's tongue
  2. roll off the tongue
  3. roll on
  4. roll one's eyes
  5. roll one's own
  6. roll one's r's
  7. roll one's wheels
  8. roll out
  9. roll out the red carpet
  10. roll over
  11. roll over in one's grave

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