ROLLING Definition & Meaning

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rolling

[ roh-ling ]

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noun

the action, motion, or sound of anything that rolls.

adjective

moving by revolving or turning over and over.
rising and falling in gentle slopes, as land:
rolling hills.
moving in undulating billows, as clouds or waves:
Jessica felt a peace steal over her as she watched the rolling waves.
rocking or swaying from side to side:
The rolling movement of the train car lulled most of the passengers to sleep.
turning or folding over, as a collar.
producing a deep, continuous sound:
rolling thunder.
steadily moving onward in a series of stages:
a rolling program of renovations.

rolling

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adjective

having gentle rising and falling slopes; undulating
rolling country
progressing or spreading by stages or by occurrences in different places in succession, with continued or increasing effectiveness
three weeks of rolling strikes disrupted schools
subject to regular review and updating
a rolling plan for overseas development
deeply resounding; reverberating
rolling thunder
slang.
extremely rich
that may be turned up or down
a rolling hat brim

adverb

slang.
swaying or staggering (in the phrase rolling drunk )

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of rolling¹

First recorded in 1400–50; Late Middle English; roll, -ing ¹, -ing ²

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Idioms and Phrases

rolling (in the aisles), (of an audience or audience member) convulsed with laughter: Also in the aisles.
Arden had her audience in tears with one song, then rolling in the aisles with her humor.
rolling in (something), luxuriating or abounding in (something, especially money):
As a nonprofit, the Tandy Academy of Music is not exactly rolling in cash.

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After the rejections started rolling in, Nan Zhong tried to figure out what had gone wrong.

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Liverpool's defence is rolling at the moment, with three clean sheets in their past four including keeping Manchester City and Newcastle out.

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“I feel like I’m rolling around in cactus all the time,” she told me.

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In 2023, the United Auto Workers new rolling strike strategy against the Big 3 auto companies produced substantial wage and benefit increases.

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It’s true that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency are cutting spending and that the administration is rolling back many of the costly regulations inflicted by the Biden administration.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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