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rolling

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adj/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ//ˈɹol.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.colloquial

  2. 2

    Staggered in time and space.

    • on a rolling basis
    • a 90-day rolling business plan
  3. 3

    Moving by turning over and over about an axis.

    • The rolling mist came down and hid the land: / And never home came she.
  4. 4

    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.
    • 2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey. I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca
  5. 5

    Making a continuous sound.

  6. 6

    Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

    • Why one man who used to take me out, who was absolutely rolling, never tipped anyone.
  7. 7

    having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.

  8. 8

    Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).slang

verb/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ//ˈɹol.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of rollform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ//ˈɹol.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    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.
  2. 2

    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.

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