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Gravity's favorite verb, dice's destiny, and the bread that started a tank's worth of fights.
means To move by turning over and over on a surface, or the noun for anything that turns, tumbles, or curls up — from a list of names to a soft round of bread.
from From Old French 'roller' and Latin 'rotulare,' to roll, built on 'rotula,' a little wheel, the diminutive of 'rota,' wheel — the same spinning root that gives us 'rotate' and 'rotund.' A roll of bread is so called because it's rolled into shape; a roll-call lists names off a rolled-up sheet of parchment.
- dice odds
- Two dice favor seven above all other totals
- drum roll
- Builds suspense by playing nearly nothing very fast
- rock origin
- Rock 'n' roll was once slang for sex
- flight axis
- Roll tilts a plane's wings, banking into turns
- barrel roll
- Star Fox made the wrong maneuver gaming canon
rolls royce — british luxury automobile manufacturer founded 1906, known for bespoke vehicles costing £250,000+
barrel roll — aerobatic maneuver where aircraft rotates 360° around its longitudinal axis, pioneered 1913
rock and roll — music genre that emerged 1950s memphis, revolutionized by elvis presley and chuck berry
honor roll — academic achievement list recognizing students with highest grades, standard in us schools since 1800s