Hyphenation of roll

How to hyphenate roll

Because it is a word with a single syllable, roll is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, roll is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

roll

Syllables Count: 1
Characters Count: 4
Alpha-numeric Characters Count: 4
Hyphens Count: 0

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Definitions of roll

Definition 1 as noun

noun The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
Example: Look at the roll of the waves.
noun A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
noun Something which rolls.
noun A swagger or rolling gait.
noun A heavy, reverberatory sound.
Example: Hear the roll of cannon.
noun The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
noun The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on 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.
noun The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
noun The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Example: Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
noun The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Example: Make your roll.
noun A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
Example: He is on a roll tonight.
noun A training match for a fighting dog.
noun (paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
Example: That was a good roll.
noun (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized.
Example: She has a bombproof roll.

Definition 1 as verb

verb 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.
Example: To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
verb To turn over and over.
Example: The child will roll on the floor.
verb To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
verb To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
Example: To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
verb To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
Example: To roll up the map for shipping.
verb To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
Example: The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
verb To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
Example: This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
verb To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
Example: To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
verb To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
Example: to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails.
verb To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
Example: The pastry rolls well.
verb To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
verb To leave or begin a journey.
Example: I want to get there early; let's roll.
verb To compete, especially with vigor.
Example: OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
verb To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
verb 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.
verb To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
verb To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
Example: I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
verb To throw dice.
verb To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
Example: If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
verb To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
Example: I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
verb To generate a random number.
verb (of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
verb (in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
verb To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
verb To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
Example: The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
verb To betray secrets.
Example: He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
verb To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
verb (of a camera) To (cause to) film.
Example: It's time to roll the cameras.
verb To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
verb To have a rolling aspect.
Example: the hills rolled on
verb To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
Example: The years roll on.
verb To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
verb To move and cause an effect on someone
verb To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
Example: The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
verb To utter with an alveolar trill.
Example: Many languages roll their r's.
verb To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
Example: The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
verb To create a customized version of.
verb To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.

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