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rolling has definitions from the fields of transportation,law,criminal law
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[ adjective ] characterized by reverberation

Synonyms

resounding resonating reverberating reverberative resonant

Examples

"a resonant voice" "hear the rolling thunder"

Related terms

reverberant

2
[ adjective ] uttered with a trill

Synonyms

trilled rolled

Examples

"she used rolling r's as in Spanish"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Her speech was barren_of southernisms ; she was one of Eliot_Sparling 's neutralized minorities , adopting the rolling R 's and constricted vowels of Los_Angeles .

Related terms

pronounceable

3
[ adjective ] moving in surges and billows and rolls

Synonyms

tumbling billowing

Examples

"billowing smoke from burning houses" "the rolling fog" "the rolling sea" "the tumbling water of the rapids"

Related terms

moving

4
[ noun ] (law,criminal law) the act of robbing a helpless person

Examples

"he was charged with rolling drunks in the park"

Related terms

robbery

5
[ noun ] a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

Synonyms

pealing peal roll

Related terms

sound ring roll toll

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10991
7
[ noun ] (transportation) propelling something on wheels

Synonyms

wheeling

Related terms

propulsion wheel

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

R OW1 L IH0 NG Roling  Rohling  roehling

Similar Spelling

Rollings Roling roiling Rohling Rollinson Rollins Roylance

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