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Rolodex

noun, verb — 4 senses

Rolodex

noun

Etymology Genericized trademark, from rol(ling) + -o- + (in)dex. The brand name was originally part of a range including other items such as the Autodex and Clipodex.

1

A type of rotating file index used for storing addresses, especially in a work context.

2

Broadly One's contact list.

3

Broadly A large list or category (of something specified).

Rolodex

verb

Etymology Genericized trademark, from rol(ling) + -o- + (in)dex. The brand name was originally part of a range including other items such as the Autodex and Clipodex.

1

To index, or scan through, in the manner of a rotating file index.

  • I was already mentally Rolodexing through viable excuses.2017, Jaime Primak Sullivan, The Southern Education of a Jersey Girl, page 50:

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