verb / noun
roll
ROHL/rəʊl/
Movement through repeated turning.
The wooden barrel rolls downhill, turning over and over.
Etymology
Latin rotula, “small wheel,” supplies the central image: repeated turning like a wheel. The verb applies that motion to anything moving by turning over and over.
In context
what you're trying to do is get all the balls to roll the same distance in a little cluster like that.
More examples
- She uses a roll of wax paper when rolling dough.
- Let's get the project rolling before the holidays.
- One roll of the dice decides who goes first.
- The boat's gentle roll rocks us to sleep.
Forms
roll · rolls · rolled · rolling
roller noun — A rotating cylinder used to flatten surfaces.