Definition of barrel roll
1
: an airplane maneuver in which a complete revolution about the longitudinal axis is made
2
: a usually accidental occurrence in which a vehicle rolls completely over along its longitudinal axis
- If the accident is violent enough to cause a couple of barrel rolls, the car will do so, despite the flaps.
- —Connie Steele
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barrel-roll
verb, transitive + intransitive-
- He once flipped a car at 225 miles per hour and barrel-rolled another at 307 mph.
- —Preston Lerner
