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Definition of half-roll
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a flight maneuver in which an airplane rolls halfway over and then flies upside down along its original line of flight
half-roll
intransitive verb\ " \
Definition of half-roll (Entry 2 of 2)
of an airplane
: to perform a half-roll
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