rolling

adj, noun — 10 senses

rolling

adj

UK /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ · US /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/

Etymology By surface analysis, roll + -ing.

8 senses
  1. 1Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
  2. 2Staggered in time and space.
  3. 3Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
  4. 4Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
  5. 5Making a continuous sound.
  6. 6Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
  7. 7having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
  8. 8Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant…
1

Colloquial Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.

2

Staggered in time and space.

  • on a rolling basis
  • a 90-day rolling business plan
1 more example
  • rolling blackouts or brownouts
3

Moving by turning over and over about an axis.

  • The rolling mist came down and hid the land: / And never home came she.1858, Charles Kingsley, “[Songs, Ballads, &c.] The Sands of Dee”, in Andromeda and Other Poems, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, stanza II, page 53:
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.1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:
  • 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

Making a continuous sound.

6

Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Slang Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).

  • Why one man who used to take me out, who was absolutely rolling, never tipped anyone.1938, Barbara Cartland, Broken Barriers:
7

Of an acne scar having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.

8

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

Synonyms
drunk, spaced out, chequerwise, spinning, tumbling
Derived terms
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rolling

noun

Etymology By surface analysis, roll + -ing.

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.2007, Greg Patent, Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey:
2

Video games 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.

Derived terms
alpha rolling, cheese rolling, coal-rolling, cold rolling, dermarolling, egg rolling, eye-rolling, hot rolling, logrolling, pill rolling, rag-rolling, tongue rolling
Related terms
hypertapping, jitterclicking

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