rolling
UK/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ//ˈɹol.ɪŋ/
rolling adjective: drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering. Also the ellipsis of rolling in it.
Adjective
rolling (comparative more rolling, superlative most rolling)
- Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
- Synonyms:
- drunk
- Staggered in time and space.
- on a rolling basis
- a 90-day rolling business plan
- Synonyms:
- spaced out, chequerwise
- Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
- The rolling mist came down and hid the land: / And never home came she.1858, Charles Kingsley, “[Songs, Ballads, &c.] The Sands of Dee”, in Andromeda and Other Poems, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, stanza II, page 53
- Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
- From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243
- I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
- Making a continuous sound.
- having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
- Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).
Noun
rolling (plural rollings)
- The act by which something is rolled.
- Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.2007, Greg Patent, Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey
- A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.
- Synonyms:
- flyheccing
Proper noun capitalized: Rolling
Rolling (plural Rollings)
- A surname.
Also used as
rolling is also the ellipsis of rolling in it.
rolling is also the present participle and gerund of roll.
Examples of rolling in a sentence
- We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
- The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
- Did you ever get the ball rolling on your plans to build a shed?
Synonyms of rolling
- drunk
- spaced out
- chequerwise
- spinning
- tumbling
- rowling
- flyheccing
Forms of rolling
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more rolling |
| superlative | most rolling |
| Noun | |
| plural | rollings |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rollings |
Origin of rolling
By surface analysis, roll + -ing.
Words formed from rolling
- get the ball rolling
- keep the ball rolling
- rolling in dough
- rolling in money
- rolling average
- rolling backup
- rolling blackout
- rolling block
- rolling boil
- rolling brownout
- rolling calf
- rolling chair
- rolling cipher
- rolling contact
- rolling demo
- Rolling Fork
- rolling hitch
- rolling introduction
- rollingly
- rolling maul
- rolling mill
- rolling news
- rolling paper
- rolling pin
- rolling press
- rolling programme
- rolling resistance
- rolling scissors
- rolling skin disease
- rolling spider
- rolling start
- rolling stock
- rollingstock
- rolling stone
- rolling stop
- rolling takeoff
- rolling the windows
- rolltainer
- Rolodex
- skew rolling mill
- alpha rolling
- cheese rolling
- coal-rolling
- cold rolling
- dermarolling
- egg rolling
- eye-rolling
- hot rolling
- logrolling
- pill rolling
- rag-rolling
- tongue rolling
Phrases with rolling
- rolling in
- rolling on
- rolling up
- rolling off
- rolling out
- rolling away
- rolling back
- rolling coal
- rolling deep
- rolling down
- rolling over
- rolling pins
81 more phrasesFewer phrases
- rolling tape
- rolling with
- slow rolling
- rolling about
- rolling boils
- rolling demos
- Rolling Hills
- rolling in it
- rolling mills
- rolling stops
- rolling up on
- rolling around
- rolling blocks
- rolling calves
- rolling chairs
- rolling papers
- rolling starts
- rolling stocks
- rolling stones
- rolling backups
- rolling hitches
- rolling presses
- rolling spiders
- rolling with it
- rock and rolling
- rolling contacts
- rolling takeoffs
- rolling the dice
- rolling the tape
- rolling blackouts
- rolling brownouts
- rolling in clover
- rolling in wealth
- rolling one's own
- rolling one's r's
- rolling one's eyes
- rolling programmes
- rolling the trucks
- skew rolling mills
- rocking and rolling
- rolling resistances
- got the ball rolling
- rolling in the aisle
- set the ball rolling
- gets the ball rolling
- kept the ball rolling
- Rolling Hills Estates
- rolling in the aisles
- rolling introductions
- sets the ball rolling
- keeps the ball rolling
- like rolling off a log
- rolling back the years
- rolling in one's grave
- rolling off the tongue
- start the ball rolling
- gotten the ball rolling
- starts the ball rolling
- getting the ball rolling
- keeping the ball rolling
- rolling up one's sleeves
- rolling up the sidewalks
- rolling with the punches
- setting the ball rolling
- started the ball rolling
- easy as rolling off a log
- starting the ball rolling
- rolling out the red carpet
- rolling over in one's grave
- as easy as rolling off a log
- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- take a flying fuck at a rolling donut
- took a flying fuck at a rolling donut
- taken a flying fuck at a rolling donut
- takes a flying fuck at a rolling donut
- taking a flying fuck at a rolling donut
- take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut
- took a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut
- taken a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut
- takes a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut
- taking a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut
Words that rhyme with rolling
Questions about rolling
- What does rolling mean?
- Rolling means drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
- What part of speech is rolling?
- Rolling can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rolling?
- Rolling is pronounced /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near rolling in the dictionary
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