ROLLER

roller

(noun) a grounder that rolls along the infield

roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon

(noun) pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

roller

(noun) Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

curler, hair curler, roller, crimper

(noun) a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; “a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight”

roller

(noun) a cylinder that revolves

roller

(noun) a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

roller, roll, rolling wave

(noun) a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

Roller (plural Rollers)

(slang) A Rolls-Royce car

Anagrams

• Orrell, reroll

Etymology

Noun

roller (plural rollers)

(heading) Anything that rolls.

Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.

(cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.

A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.

An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.

One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.

A roller towel.

A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.

(cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.

Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.

A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.

The cylinder snake, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.

(disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.

A long wide bandage used in surgery.

A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.

(heading) A bird.

A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).

Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.

A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)

A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.

(TV, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.

(slang) A wheelchair user.

Verb

roller (third-person singular simple present rollers, present participle rollering, simple past and past participle rollered)

(intransitive) To roller skate.

Anagrams

• Orrell, reroll

Source: Wiktionary

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Roll"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.

2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.

4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder;

– called also roller towel.

5. (Print.)

Definition: A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them. W. Savage.

6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.

7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.

8. (Zoöl.)

Definition: ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.

9. Etym: [CF. F. rollier.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadæ. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.

Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common European species (Coracias garrula) has the head, neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental roller (E. orientalis), and the Australian roller, or dollar bird (E. Pacificus). The latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white spot on the middle of each wing.

10. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidæ. Ground roller (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground.

– Roller bolt, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.] -- Roller gin, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for separating the seeds from the fiber.

– Roller mill. See under Mill.

– Roller skate, a skate which has small wheels in the place of the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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