roller

noun

Definition of rollernext
as in ground swell

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Recent Examples of roller All this data is used to customize itineraries down to the type of foam roller used later that day. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026 From upstairs comes the sound of the two of them fighting for the roller chair. — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 BodyEnergy introduced a new version of its motorless flat treadmill with Ab-drive, featuring a front abdominal roller that enables natural backward stride propulsion to biomechanically mimic running outdoors. — Time Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 The ultimate depuffing hack, an ice roller, can take you from puffed out to sculpted. — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roller
  1. riffle
  2. comber
  3. curl
  4. wavelet
  5. tidal wave
  6. breaker
  7. tsunami
Noun
  • The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
  • Tanks and soldiers with riffles have lined the streets of the Paraguayan capital all week.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Definition of riffle
Noun
  • In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.
    — Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.
    — Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
Definition of comber
Noun
  • By April, curl had returned to HackerOne as its reporting platform while keeping monetary rewards eliminated.
    — Ido Geffen, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Odessa A’zion A’zion let her voluminous curls take center stage at the red carpet.
    — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of curl
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  • Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.
    — Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Definition of wavelet
Noun
  • This week’s tidal wave election is both an embrace of Democrats and a firm, widespread rejection of Trumpism and MAGA.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Following two years of anti-climate legislation from Washington, Tuesday’s blue tidal wave—giving Democrats control of both the Senate and the House—could provide an opportunity to change course.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of tidal wave
Noun
  • Record breaker Purdue kicker Jacobo-Echeverria Lozano shattered the school's single-season record for a freshman with his first of five field goals Saturday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But that isn’t necessarily a deal breaker, because some of the things Democrats will want to do — such as breaking the logjam of approvals for wind and other renewable energy projects around the country — do have bipartisan support.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of breaker
Noun
  • Paxton attendees were shocked at the blue tsunami that engulfed the country.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The magnitude-9 earthquake and massive tsunami that hit northern Japan in March 2011 killed nearly 19,800 people, including 3,810 deaths linked to subsequent harsh living conditions.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tsunami

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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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