Thesaurus results for ROLLER

roller

noun

Definition of roller

as in ground swell

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Recent Examples of roller Section the hair to isolate the center, and then add rollers to the front, middle, and back sections. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 26 June 2026 Meanwhile, Cover is one of the best stories of the NHL Draft purely off his background, with him being raised in the Cayman Islands and playing roller hockey before transitioning to the ice. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026 But there is no reason that someone would need to progress to the foam roller. — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 24 June 2026 Scored primarily in transition, on post-ups or as the roller in pick-and-rolls. — ABC News, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for roller

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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
Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.

— Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 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

Brittany Mahomes showed off a head full of romantic wavy curls created by Nashville stylist Brooke Barloe, who posted a photo on her Instagram.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Steam rises in slow curls from a shaping stand while local kids climb onto high-top chairs and a Coors Light is passed between old friends across the counter.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026

Definition of curl

Noun

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

Technology was the case breaker for them, but anything can happen in a case like this.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Kylian Mbappe was once again the game-breaker, breaching Sweden's defence to open the scoring, but the supporting cast just provide ammunition from every angle.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of breaker

Noun

Several organizations of institutional investors and auditing professionals, as well as a tsunami of individual investors, expressed opposition.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
But when a tsunami rocks their island, profound tragedy ensues, and immediately ups the stakes of a brief encounter.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of tsunami

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