rolling

UK /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ US /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/

adj 5noun 2name 1

Definitions

adj

Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.

Staggered in time and space.

on a rolling basis

a 90-day rolling business plan

Moving by turning over and over about an axis.

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

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

Making a continuous sound.

noun

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.

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.

name

A surname.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, big, favorite, grave

The old truck came to a stop after rolling down the big hill.

VERB + ROLLING

boat, clouds, form, get, gets, heat, ignoring, keep

Dark clouds are rolling in from the west this afternoon.

ROLLING + NOUN

album, basis, blackouts, brownouts, business, cheek, money, ourselves

The band released their greatest hits on a rolling basis throughout the year.

PREP.

about, around, down, in, on, on, out

The children were rolling around in the grass laughing.

ADV.

away, certainly

The old truck went rolling away down the hill into the distance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — propelling something on wheels

wheeling

noun — a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

peal
pealing
roll

adjective — uttered with a trill

rolled
trilled

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

rolling stone

A person who moves around a lot and never settles down; a vagrant.

Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.

get the ball rolling

To begin; to start some action; to set in motion.

Did you ever get the ball rolling on your plans to build a shed?

a rolling stone gathers no moss

A person who never settles in one place will never be successful.

rolling in it

Having an abundance of money; rich, very prosperous.

keep the ball rolling

To continue an action indicated in the context; to sustain a process.

Then there was a pause. Our new acquaintance had become involved in a vexatious difficulty with his pipe. . . . To keep the ball rolling I asked Marlow if this Powell was remarkabl

Example Bank

on a rolling basis

Wiktionary

a 90-day rolling business plan

Wiktionary

rolling blackouts or brownouts

Wiktionary

Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.

Wiktionary

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

Tatoeba · #1503

She's rolling in money.

Tatoeba · #2321

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, rolling is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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