Definitions for roller
ˈroʊ lərroller

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. roller(noun)

   a grounder that rolls along the infield

2. roller, roll, rolling wave(noun)

   a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

3. roller(noun)

   a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

4. roller(noun)

   a cylinder that revolves

5. curler, hair curler, roller, crimper(noun)

   a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it

   "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"

6. roller(noun)

   Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

7. roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon(noun)

   pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. roller(Noun)

   anything that rolls

2. roller(Noun)

   any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure

3. roller(Noun)

   a heavy rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch

4. roller(Noun)

   a large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast

5. roller(Noun)

   a cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink

6. roller(Noun)

   an agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth

7. roller(Noun)

   a bread or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (cf. Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon, English Short Faced Tumbler, English Long Faced Tumbler)

8. roller(Noun)

   any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks

9. roller(Noun)

   (also written Roller) a car made by Rolls-Royce

10. roller(Noun)

    the police (old blues slang)

11. roller(Noun)

    a padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting

12. roller(Noun)

    A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.

13. Roller(ProperNoun)

    A Rolls-Royce car

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Roller(noun)

   one who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

2. Roller(noun)

   a bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

3. Roller(noun)

   one of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

4. Roller(noun)

   a long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

5. Roller(noun)

   a cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

6. Roller(noun)

   a long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

7. Roller(noun)

   a small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

8. Roller(noun)

   aNy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

9. Roller(noun)

   any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight

   Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

10. Roller(noun)

    any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae

    Etymology: [CF. F. rollier.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Roller

   The rollers are an Old World family, Coraciidae, of near passerine birds. The group gets its name from the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, and share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and bee-eaters, blues and pinkish or cinnamon browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but not the outer one. They are mainly insect eaters, with Eurystomus species taking their prey on the wing, and those of the genus Coracias diving from a perch to catch food items from on the ground, like giant shrikes. Although living rollers are birds of warm climates in the Old World, fossil records show that rollers were present in North America during the Eocene. They are monogamous and nest in an unlined hole in a tree or in masonry, and lay 2–4 eggs in the tropics, 3–6 at higher latitudes. The eggs, which are white, hatch after 17–20 days, and the young remain in the nest for approximately another 30 days.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. roller

   A mighty oceanic swell said to precurse the northers of the Atlantic, and felt in great violence at Tristan d'Acunha, where H.M.S. Lily foundered with all hands in consequence, and several vessels at St. Helena have been driven from their anchors and wrecked. These waves roll in from the north, and do not break till they reach soundings, when they evince terrific power, rising from 5 to 15 feet above the usual level of the waters. A connection with volcanoes has been suggested as a cause.

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1. reroll

How to pronounce roller?

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   Karen

   Australian

   

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of roller in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of roller in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of roller in a Sentence

1. Mark Walker:

   There has been some roller coasters this week, of course it's been distracting. I'm happy to share that whoever's fault it is ... any time you're dealing with this much stuff, you are having to spend energy, time and resources, which means by proxy it is a distraction from the other things you're doing.

2. Amy Offield:

   It's been kind of an emotional roller coaster, we've lost pretty much all of our income in the last three months.

3. Paul Rozin:

   People come to like a wide variety of innately negative experiences: the burn of chili pepper in the mouth, the bitterness of coffee, the fear from riding on a roller coaster, such benign masochism is widespread in humans, and we really don't know how that process operates.

4. Edgar Wright:

   ' Aliens' is the template of how to write a great blockbuster, there's real skill to building the perfect roller coaster. ' Aliens' is example No. 1 of how brilliant action cinema can be.

5. Elizabeth Somer:

   If you're eating bread, reach for the whole wheat over the white, since it also stabilizes blood sugar levels, refined grains found in white bread can send you on a blood sugar roller coaster, leaving you jittery, grumpy and hungry.

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