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Definition of Roll around
1. Verb. Happen regularly. "Christmas rolled around again"
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
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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