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rolling
[ roh-ling ]
adjective
- moving by revolving or turning over and over.
- rising and falling in gentle slopes, as land:
rolling hills.
- moving in undulating billows, as clouds or waves:
Jessica felt a peace steal over her as she watched the rolling waves.
- rocking or swaying from side to side:
The rolling movement of the train car lulled most of the passengers to sleep.
- turning or folding over, as a collar.
- producing a deep, continuous sound:
rolling thunder.
- steadily moving onward in a series of stages:
a rolling program of renovations.
rolling
/ ˈəʊɪŋ /
adjective
- having gentle rising and falling slopes; undulating
rolling country
- progressing or spreading by stages or by occurrences in different places in succession, with continued or increasing effectiveness
three weeks of rolling strikes disrupted schools
- subject to regular review and updating
a rolling plan for overseas development
- deeply resounding; reverberating
rolling thunder
- slang.extremely rich
- that may be turned up or down
a rolling hat brim
adverb
- slang.swaying or staggering (in the phrase rolling drunk )
Other Word Forms
- DZ·Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- rolling (in the aisles), (of an audience or audience member) convulsed with laughter: Also in the aisles.
Arden had her audience in tears with one song, then rolling in the aisles with her humor.
- rolling in (something), luxuriating or abounding in (something, especially money):
As a nonprofit, the Tandy Academy of Music is not exactly rolling in cash.
Example Sentences
“The level of zeolite dusting is similar to how you would dust a countertop with flour if you were rolling dough,” he said, noting he purchased zeolite in 25-pound tubs from Home Depot.
I’m telling you: I was talking about how you have to pull up your pants to take a long step — almost like rolling up your sleeves to get something done.
He said the Trump administration’s recent actions, including cutting funding and rolling back environmental protection measures, are “making it that much harder for this country to actually have clean air, clean land and clean water.”
Zeldin and other Trump administration officials say rolling back these environmental protections will save taxpayers money and reduce red tape that is hampering energy independence.
Early on Sunday, Glasnow had been rolling, stranding four runners over his first three innings before striking out the side in the fourth.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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