rolling

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English

Shapes of different acne scars, including rolling scar (adjective sense 7)

Etymology

    By surface analysis, roll +‎ -ing.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
    • Homophone: Rowling

    Adjective

    rolling (comparative more rolling, superlative most rolling)

    1. (colloquial) Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
    2. Staggered in time and space.
      on a rolling basis
      a 90-day rolling business plan
      rolling blackouts or brownouts
      a rolling program of reform
    3. Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
    4. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
      • 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:
        From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.
      • 2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
        I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca
    5. Making a continuous sound.
    6. (slang) Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
      • 1938, Barbara Cartland, Broken Barriers:
        Why one man who used to take me out, who was absolutely rolling, never tipped anyone.
    8. (of an acne scar) having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.[1]
      Hypernym: atrophic scar
      Coordinate terms: boxcar scar, icepick scar
    9. (slang) Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).

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    Verb

    rolling

    1. present participle and gerund of roll

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    Noun

    rolling (plural rollings)

    1. The act by which something is rolled.
      • 2007, Greg Patent, Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey:
        Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.
    2. (video games, NES Tetris) A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.
      Synonym: flyheccing

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    1. ^ healthline

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Pseudo-anglicism, derived from rolling.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrolin/ [ˈro.lĩn]
    • Rhymes: -olin
    • Syllabification: ro‧lling

    Noun

    rolling m (plural rollings)

    1. (Latin America, baseball) ground ball
      Synonym: roletazo

    Usage notes

    According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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