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Definition of rollingnext

rolling

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verb

present participle of roll
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as in rounding
to form into a round compact mass rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it

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as in rumbling
to make a low heavy rolling sound thunder rolling in the distance

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as in rotating
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis in order to knock your opponent off balance, you have to roll the log when he least expects it

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Recent Examples of rolling
Adjective
The apron is built to take a beating—oils and rogue splashes barely register, practically rolling right off the surface. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 But behind the main building stretch thousands of acres of rolling plateau. — Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
Nobody won Thursday’s Fantasy 5 midday jackpot, rolling it over to Friday. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 This conversation happened before cameras were rolling—but Fielder enlists Seyfried and Christopher Abbott (who plays Evans in several reenactments) to recreate the moment. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rolling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rolling
Adjective
  • The move highlights how surging demand for AI computing capacity is drawing institutional investors, as governments, companies and startups race to build out data centers to support AI workloads.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Halpin watched the ball clear the wall in right-center then launched his bat over his head and into the sky before rounding the bases.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Cynthia Erivo is rounding out her cast of magical beings with the latest Bad Fairies news, which announced live on Thursday at the Hollywood Bowl.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Listen closely to the sound design and hear jets continually rumbling to and from LAX.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • And Quentin Collette’s turbulent soundscape — rumbling, clanking, with the unrelenting downpour stirring in elemental fury — mixes seamlessly with the tense synth riffs of French electronic composer Robin Coudert, known professionally as ROB.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The observer at the edge of the dance-floor, secretly swaying with the rhythm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But the man simply stood there with a dazed expression on his face, swaying gently in the living room of their small, cramped flat, like a lone tree in the breeze.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But the spacecraft sets were too elaborate to recreate onboard, so Gosling performed on wire rigs, including a rotating harness.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
  • There will be 48-hour flash deals rotating throughout the event, with specific categories up to 40% off.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • About two-thirds of S&P 500 returns since 2024 have come from 42 AI stocks and almost all of the venture dollars this year are flowing into AI, with some firms nearing trillion-dollar valuations.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There's a substantial amount of money flowing through the political texting business, and the people sending these messages have financial reasons to keep doing it.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Are members using overdrafts, payday-style borrowing or revolving debt less over time?
    — Anand Solanki, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Court papers filed in that lawsuit show that the loan was set up as a revolving line of credit that allowed Boston Finance Group to borrow chunks of money from CSNT over time.
    — Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Three-times married, his was to be a literary career pock-marked by substance abuse issues leading to a peripatetic existence drifting from one august institution to another.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Rolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rolling. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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