The word has these meanings:
- A thin flexible solid wound around a centre
- --- Something wrapped around a tube, e.g. Toilet Roll .
- --- Paper strips wrapped around a thin quilling tool, e.g. Quilling .
- In :
- --- A Bread Roll .
- --- A can refer to other foods; Sausage Roll , Spring Roll , Egg Roll .
- In :
- ---A roll cloud, usually found in the lee of mountains.
- ---In the boundary layer, the horizontal vortices that usually fill the layer, also known as organized large eddies.
- In :
- --- Bank or , an Aerobatic Manoeuvre , also see Flight Dynamics .
- --- The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching. See Flight Dynamics
- --- The smooth wheels fitted to a Steamroller or Motor Roller .
- In :
- --- Drum Roll , a technique employed by percussionists to produce a sustained sound from a drum
- --- The Legato playing technique for stringed instruments (especially electric guitars)
- A register, catalogue, or list of people (See also Roster ):
- --- a list of eligible voters on an Electoral Roll
- --- in Video and Movie terminology, a roll is vertically moving text, as in Credits Roll .
- --- the collective noun for the pupils of a school e.g. "There are 1240 pupils in the school ."
- A Bank Roll , a paper holder for coins.
- A term for excess Fat on someone's body
- A Kayak Roll , the manoeuvre used to right a kayaker that has capsized.
- A heavy machine used in a Steel Mill .
- Rolling someone's feet, as in Marching Band , see Glide Step .
- To Rob a person who is in a helpless state.
- A slang term for a pill of MDMA (ecstasy), or being under the effects thereof (rolling).
- Proper names, such as and '''companies'''
- --- Rolls Corporation , an audio electronics manufacturer company in Salt Lake City, Utah .
- --- Rolls Fast-food Restaurant , a Finnish chain.
- --- Bob Roll , an American professional cyclist and commentator.
- --- Charles Rolls , co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited and a pioneer aviator.
- --- Roll , a female character in the Mega Man series of Video Game s.
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