Roll vs. Reel: Know the Difference
By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
Roll refers to turning over and over on an axis or to move in a particular direction, whereas reel involves winding or unwinding on a cylindrical device, or feeling unsteady or dizzy.
Key Differences
Roll can mean to move by turning over and over or to wrap something around itself. Reel, on the other hand, refers to winding something onto a spool or cylinder, or to be thrown off balance.
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In the context of movement, to roll implies a smooth, continuous motion, often in a circular manner. Reel, however, can describe a staggered, unsteady motion, or the act of winding or unwinding a line or film.
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Roll is also used in the culinary world to describe a type of bread or pastry. Reel is used in the context of fishing to refer to a device for winding and unwinding fishing line.
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Musically, a roll can refer to a rapid succession of drumbeats. In cinema or photography, a reel refers to a spool of film or the film itself.
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Roll can have a metaphorical meaning, implying the start of an event or process. Reel, metaphorically, can mean to feel overwhelmed or disoriented.
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Comparison Chart
Basic Meaning
Turning over and over or moving in a direction
Winding on a cylinder or feeling unsteady
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Contextual Usage
Movement, bread, drumbeat, start of an event
Fishing device, film, feeling overwhelmed
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Physical Motion
Smooth, continuous rotation
Staggered motion or winding/unwinding action
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Non-Physical Meaning
Metaphorically implies starting or progressing
Metaphorically refers to disorientation
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Industry Association
Culinary, music, general motion
Fishing, cinema, photography
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Roll and Reel Definitions
Roll
To move by turning over and over on an axis.
The ball rolled down the hill.
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Reel
To wind or unwind on a spool or cylinder.
He reeled in the fishing line.
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Roll
To begin and proceed rapidly.
Once the project was approved, things started to roll.
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Reel
A device, such as a cylinder, spool, or frame, that turns on an axis and is used for winding and storing rope, tape, film, or other flexible materials.
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Roll
To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
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Reel
A cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod to let out or wind up the line.
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Roll
To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers
Rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
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Reel
A set of curved lawnmower blades that rotate around a bar parallel to the ground, cutting grass while moving against a stationary straight blade.
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Roll
To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum
The political campaign finally began to roll.
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Roll
To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually
The child's eyes rolled with fright.
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Roll
To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate
The waves rolled toward shore.
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Roll
To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls
The dunes roll to the sea.
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Roll
To move or rock from side to side
The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
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Reel
A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
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Roll
(Slang) To experience periodic rushes after taking an intoxicating drug, especially MDMA.
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Reel
A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
A log reel, used by seamen
An angler's reel
A garden reel
Nudge the fruit machine reel
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Reel
(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
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Reel
(film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
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Roll
To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound
Thunder rolled in the distance.
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Reel
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package.
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Roll
To pour, flow, or move in a continual stream
Tourists rolling into the city.
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Reel
To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
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Reel
To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
He reeled back from the punch.
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Roll
To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
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Roll
To move or push along on wheels or rollers
Rolled the plane out of the hangar.
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Roll
To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion
The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
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Roll
To turn around or partly turn around; rotate
Rolled his head toward the door.
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Roll
To cause to begin moving or operating
Roll the cameras.
Roll the presses.
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Reel
A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; - often called Scotch reel.
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Reel
A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.
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Reel
A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, - for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
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Reel
A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
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Roll
To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else. Often used with up
Roll up a poster.
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Reel
To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man.
He, with heavy fumes oppressed,Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest.
The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves.
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Roll
To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller
Roll pastry dough.
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Reel
To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled.
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Reel
A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
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Reel
Winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
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Reel
A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
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Reel
A lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
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Roll
A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
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Reel
An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
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Reel
Walk as if unable to control one's movements;
The drunken man staggered into the room
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Reel
Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
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Reel
To be thrown off balance or feel dizzy.
She reeled from the shocking news.
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Roll
A small loaf of bread, portioned for one individual and often served as a side dish or appetizer or used to make a sandwich.
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Reel
A device for winding fishing line.
He attached a new reel to his fishing rod.
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Reel
To feel overwhelmed or disoriented.
He reeled under the weight of responsibility.
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Roll
A roller, especially a cylinder on which to roll something up or with which to flatten something.
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Roll
An amount of rotation around a longitudinal axis, as of an aircraft or boat.
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Roll
A maneuver in which an airplane makes a single complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
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Roll
(transitive) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
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Roll
(intransitive) To turn over and over.
The child will roll on the floor.
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Roll
(transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
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Roll
(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the map for shipping.
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Roll
(intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
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Roll
(ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
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Roll
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
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Roll
(transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
To roll a field;
To roll paste;
To roll steel rails.
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Roll
(intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
The pastry rolls well.
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Roll
(ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
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Roll
To compete, especially with vigor.
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
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Roll
(transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
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Roll
(geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
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Roll
To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
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Roll
To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
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Roll
(RPG) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
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Roll
To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
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Roll
To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
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Roll
To betray secrets.
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
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Roll
To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
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Roll
To (cause to) film.
The cameras are rolling.
It's time to roll the cameras.
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Roll
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
The years roll on.
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Roll
(intransitive) To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
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Roll
(intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
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Roll
(transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
Many languages roll their r's.
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Roll
To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
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Roll
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Roll
To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
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Roll
To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
Containers will be rolled to another mother vessel.
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Roll
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
The roll of a ball
Look at the roll of the waves.
The roll of her eyes
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Roll
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
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Roll
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
To pass rails through the rolls
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Roll
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
Hear the roll of cannon.
There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.
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Roll
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
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Roll
The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
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Roll
(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
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Roll
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
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Roll
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.
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Roll
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Make your roll.
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
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Roll
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling and especially in the phrase on a roll.
He is on a roll tonight.
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Roll
An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
That was a good roll.
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Roll
(paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
She has a bombproof roll.
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Roll
(finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
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Roll
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
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Roll
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
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Roll
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
A roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
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A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
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Roll
To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
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Roll
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
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Roll
To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; - often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
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Roll
To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe.
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Roll
To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; - often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies.
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Roll
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
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Roll
To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
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Roll
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
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Roll
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
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Roll
To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Full oft in heart he rolleth up and downThe beauty of these florins new and bright.
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Roll
To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.
And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
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Roll
To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
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Roll
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.
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Roll
To turn; to move circularly.
And his red eyeballs roll with living fire.
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Roll
To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
What different sorrows did within thee roll.
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Roll
To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled.
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Roll
To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
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Roll
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
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Roll
To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about.
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Roll
The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
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Roll
That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Busy angels spreadThe lasting roll, recording what we say.
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Roll
Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant.
The roll and list of that army doth remain.
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Roll
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
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Roll
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
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Roll
The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
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Roll
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
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Roll
Rotary motion of an object around its own axis;
Wheels in axial rotation
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Roll
Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
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Roll
A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.);
He shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag
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Roll
The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
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Roll
A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
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Roll
Move by turning over or rotating;
The child rolled down the hill
Turn over on your left side
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Roll
Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle;
The President's convoy rolled past the crowds
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Roll
Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound;
The thunder rolled
Rolling drums
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Roll
Wrap or coil around;
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
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Roll
Begin operating or running;
The cameras were rolling
The presses are already rolling
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Roll
Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
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Roll
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
The curtains undulated
The waves rolled towards the beach
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Roll
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woods
Roving vagabonds
The wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
The laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town
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Roll
Move, rock, or sway from side to side;
The ship rolled on the heavy seas
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Roll
Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis;
She rolled the ball
They rolled their eyes at his words
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Roll
Take the shape of a roll or cylinder;
The carpet rolled out
Yarn rolls well
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Roll
Show certain properties when being rolled;
The carpet rolls unevenly
Dried-out tobacco rolls badly
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Roll
A type of small, usually round bread.
He had a ham sandwich on a roll for lunch.
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Roll
A rapid succession of drumbeats.
The drummer played a roll on the snare drum.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
Can reel be used in fishing?
Yes, a reel is a device used in fishing to wind and unwind line.
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What does roll mean in cooking?
In cooking, a roll is a small, round piece of bread.
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Can roll be used in music?
Yes, particularly in drumming, it refers to a rapid succession of beats.
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What does it mean to roll in dough?
It's a colloquial expression meaning to have a lot of money.
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What does a drum roll signify?
It often signals anticipation or a dramatic moment.
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Is rolling always a physical movement?
Mostly, but it can also be used metaphorically to mean 'to start'.
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What does it mean to be on a roll?
It means to be experiencing a continuous period of success or good fortune.
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Can reel be related to dancing?
Yes, in some cultures, a reel is a type of folk dance.
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How is roll used in sports?
It can refer to the action of a ball or object moving in a rolling motion.
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What is a film reel?
A film reel is a spool that holds the film in place for projection or storage.
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Can reel mean to stagger?
Yes, to reel can mean to stagger or walk unsteadily.
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Can roll be used to describe a list?
Yes, as in a 'roll call', where names are listed and read out.
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Dec 05, 2023
Is reel used in photography?
Yes, it refers to a spool that holds photographic film.
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Dec 05, 2023
Is roll used in the phrase 'let's roll'?
Yes, it's a colloquial way of saying 'let's get started' or 'let's go'.
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Dec 05, 2023
Can reel imply a feeling of confusion?
Yes, it can imply feeling disoriented or confused.
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Dec 05, 2023
What does it mean to reel in something?
It means to wind or draw in, often used in the context of fishing.
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Dec 05, 2023
What does it mean to roll with the punches?
It's an idiom meaning to adapt to difficulties or challenges.
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Dec 05, 2023
Is roll used in transportation?
Yes, it can describe the movement of vehicles, especially on wheels.
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Dec 05, 2023
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