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rolling
[ roh-ling ]
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
/ ˈəʊɪŋ /
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 )
Other Word Forms
- DZ·Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
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.
Example Sentences
The Trump administration is rolling back landmark environmental legislation that dates back to the Nixon era, including key protections for clean air and water.
The Clippers played stingy defense and had six players score in double figures, rolling to a 117-83 win over the Denver Nuggets at the Intuit Dome on Thursday.
It says its "decisive action" included ending the junior doctors' strikes and rolling out the country's first RSV vaccine.
As a physician, I would be hard-pressed to argue for rolling back anything that saves lives.
“The level of zeolite dusting is similar to how you would dust a countertop with flour if you were rolling dough,” he said, noting he purchased zeolite in 25-pound tubs from Home Depot.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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