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rolling

rol·ling

UK/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ US/ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ common slang

adjective

1.

characterized by reverberation

  • “a resonant voice”
  • “hear the rolling thunder”
2.

uttered with a trill

  • “she used rolling r”
3.

moving in surges and billows and rolls

  • “billowing smoke from burning houses”
  • “the rolling fog”
  • “the rolling sea”
  • “the tumbling water of the rapids”
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noun

1.

a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

2.

the act of robbing a helpless person

  • “he was charged with rolling drunks in the park”

Origin

By surface analysis, roll + -ing.

Phrases

  • alpha rolling
  • cheese rolling
  • cold rolling
  • egg rolling
  • hot rolling
  • pill rolling
  • rolling average
  • rolling backup
  • rolling blackout
  • rolling block
  • rolling boil
  • rolling brownout

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