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rolloff

/ˈɹol.ɔf/

rolloff adjective: able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a motorized way, using a winch and cable.

rolloff: able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a...
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Adjective

rolloff (not comparable)

  1. Able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a motorized way, using a winch and cable.
    • rolloff dumpster

Noun

rolloff (usually uncountable, plural rolloffs)

  1. (usually) A sudden large uncommanded roll to the left or right experienced by an aircraft entering a stall, resulting from one wing stalling slightly before the other and exacerbated by the reduction in aileron control authority at high angles of attack.
    • The Learjet does not possess sufficient inherent prestall buffet characteristics at low speeds to provide the pilot with a clear warning that the aircraft is stalled before it enters a flight condition from which a normal recovery cannot be accomplished. Therefore, the aircraft is equipped with an...1982, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.2 Aircraft Characteristics”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Sky Train Air, Inc., Gates Learjet 24, N44CJ, Felt, Oklahoma, October 1, 1981, archived...
  2. (usually) A rolloff dumpster.
    • There's so much junk to be removed that we ordered a rolloff.

Forms of rolloff

pluralrolloffs

Origin of rolloff

Deverbal from roll off.

Words that rhyme with rolloff

Questions about rolloff

What does rolloff mean?
Rolloff means able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a motorized way, using a winch and cable.
What part of speech is rolloff?
Rolloff can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce rolloff?
Rolloff is pronounced /ˈɹol.ɔf/ (US).

Words near rolloff in the dictionary

  1. rollock
  2. rollocked
  3. rollocking
  4. rollockings
  5. rollocks
  6. rolloff
  7. rolloffs
  8. rollographies
  9. rollography
  10. Rollos
  11. rollout

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