Definition of Roll around

1. Verb. Happen regularly. "Christmas rolled around again"

Exact synonyms: Come Around
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place

Definition of Roll around

1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to move about on the ground while rotating and turning one's body ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to be considered, without much coherence, in someone's mind ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To indulge in sexual intercourse (with) ¹

4. Verb. to happen, occur, take place ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roll Around

rolitetracycline
roll
roll'd
roll-on
roll-on roll-off
roll-ons
roll-out
roll-over
roll-overs
roll-top
roll-top desk
roll-top desks
roll-tube culture
roll-your-own
roll-your-owns
roll back
roll back the years
roll cage
roll cages
roll call
roll calls
roll down
roll film
roll in
roll in the aisle
roll in the aisles
roll in the hay
roll in wealth
roll mill

Literary usage of Roll around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The First Three Books of Homer's Iliad: With Introduction, Commentary, and by Homer (1903)
"slay round about. aor. imv. of Trept-e^o), defend. A 393. ir«pi-Ti'X.\o)iai : roll around. ... roll, roll around. ..."

2. A Complete Greek and English Lexicon of the Poems of Homer and the Homeridae by Gottlieb Christian Crusius (1844)
"ufi'og, 1) to turn oneself around, to roll around, to révolue in a circle, .... poet. only près, to accomplish its course, to roll around, to revolve, ..."

3. The R.I. Schoolmaster by Rhode Island, Commissioner of Public Schools (1874)
"Robert Roller rolled a round roll around, A round roll Robert Roller rolled around ; If Robert Roller rolled a round roll around, ..."

4. Club Swinging for Physical Exercise and Recreation: A Book of Information by William Jackson Schatz (1908)
"Double rope snake with roll around head. 6. Alternate rope snakes with rolls around head. 7. Execute movements shown in Figs. 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34, ..."

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