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He's done nothing in crypto, and he's rolled his own protocol.

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Quick take

rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of roll gathered in one view.

noun

rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"

noun

a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"

noun

a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for roll.

noun

rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"

noun

a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"

noun

a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

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photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light

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a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

See also: coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll

noun

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"

noun

small rounded bread either plain or sweet

noun

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

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the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

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a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

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anything rolled up in cylindrical form

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the act of throwing dice

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walking with a swaying gait

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a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude

noun

the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

verb

move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

verb

move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"

verb

occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"

verb

flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"

verb

emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"

verb

arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

verb

begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"

verb

shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"

verb

execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"

verb

sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

verb

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

verb

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"

verb

move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

verb

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"

verb

pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"

verb

boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"

verb

take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"

verb

show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"

Example sentences

He's done nothing in crypto, and he's rolled his own protocol.

Nobody will accuse you of funding a troll.

Lets say they roll out digital signage, and it costs a lot of money, and it doesn't work right.

So the $14 trillion rolls over in perpetuity.

* Switzerland finally allowed women to vote in... drum roll... 1971.

I was sort-of waiting for the "gee its time to upgrade" mark to roll around in 3 or 4 years, but it hasn't happened yet.

"Yeah, we anticipated the "We don't fund patent trolls" objection.

If you don't want to spend a lot of energy, possibly a lot of time, and likely some money, just roll over now.

Telecoms like AT&T can't even be bothered to roll out the network upgrades they promised in the early 2000's.

So as suddenly as markets lose confidence in the debt, it becomes impossible to roll over the debt and pay it off.

There's a vast chasm between selling virtual sheep to addicted grandmas and giving away the farm for less than the price of a toilet roll.

And those of us who've tried either are polite or roll our eyes....However, this person has some legitimately great ideas.

"I imagine 99% of the time that metaphor is made the author would be just as happy saying "JS is the new C", it simply doesn't roll off the tongue as well.

Most of these efforts are successful because they manage to position the person being targeted in a position where they just roll over.

And if you want something not in English, you have to find the nigh-undiscoverable 'roll over top right corner' to have the language selecter appear.

"If you can start early in life getting people accustomed to living in surveillance society then in future it'll be a lot easier to roll these things out to the larger populace.

Not only did they roll trucks to a residence to do a search that was almost mathematically guaranteed to come up blank, but when they did that, they hinted around at the secret program that got them to do it.

Likewise for playing video games or hiking in the woods or listening to rock-and-roll or producing reality-TV shows or most any other activity you can name whose main goal is relaxation, entertainment, escape from life's burdens, or just plain self-indulgence.