Thesaurus results for ROLLER

roller

noun

Definition of roller

as in ground swell

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Recent Examples of roller Shanghai Electric also displayed several core robotic components, including a planetary roller screw that the company says can handle more than three times the load of conventional ball screws. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 The anniversary event featured roller-skating servers, a DJ, and Cybercabs, despite local roadwork and a recent water main burst causing traffic challenges. — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Each video posted by ADOR today is accompanied by an instrumental and footage of the members engaged in various activities, among them roller skating, hanging in the park, sewing, and standing together looking shy. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026 But for a room that is mostly walls, an 18-inch roller with an extension is definitely your best bet. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 20 July 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
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

The threads are strung the wrong way to hold the boundary together, so the curls grow with nothing to limit them.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Just a few hours after dropping pics of herself with voluminous, body-licious curls, Khloé Kardashian decided to kick off August with a fresh hair cut—and introduced us all to her alter ego, Bob Kardashian, in the process.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 Aug. 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

Though Flock has its cameras in over 5,000 US cities as of July 2026, the rise in rejections at the municipal level comes amidst a tidal wave of outrage around issues of privacy and civil rights.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
But if Cal wants to survive the next realignment tidal wave, that apathy has to end today.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of tidal wave

Noun

Because Malawi and Zambia also earned positive results against Egypt, but each lost one match amongst themselves, the tie-breaker then went to head-to-head goal difference.

— Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Nothing has swirled more than appreciation — a sentiment Royals fans reciprocated on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium with a pre-game ceremony in Perez’s honor for the record-breaker that once would have seemed preposterous.

— Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of breaker

Noun

The movie, a harrowing account of one family’s separation during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, earned Watts an Oscar nomination for best actress and marked Holland’s acting debut in a live-action feature film.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
His answer also triggered a tsunami of criticism, but White's answer ultimately overshadowed his and drew attention away from his as the night went on.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of tsunami

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