Roller

Noun

 * 1) anything that rolls
 * 2) any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure
 * 3)  a heavy rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch
 * 4) a large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast
 * 5) a cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink
 * 6) an agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth
 * 7) a tumbling pigeon
 * 8) any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks
 * 9) (also written Roller) a car made by Rolls-Royce
 * 10) the police (old blues slang)
 * 11) a padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting
 * 12)  A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
 * 13) *2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 69:
 * I learned a lot from watching, but the part that I should have studied harder was the roller. The names of the writers went on for ever.

Derived terms

 * light roller
 * heavy roller
 * hair roller
 * high roller
 * paint roller
 * road roller
 * steam roller
 * roller bearing
 * roller blade
 * roller skate

Thesaurus
Ace bandage, Band-Aid, abradant, abrasive, adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, barrel, billow, binder, bole, bore, brace, breaker, breakers, burnish, calender, carousel, cask, cast, cataplasm, cheese grater, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, column, comb, comber, comminutor, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, crusher, cylinder, cylindroid, dirty water, disk, dressing, drum, eagre, elastic bandage, epithem, four-tailed bandage, gauze, granulator, grater, gravity wave, grinder, ground swell, heave, heavy sea, heavy swell, kominuter, lawn-roller, levigator, lift, lint, lop, mangle, masher, merry-go-round, mill, millstone, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, peak, pestle, pillar, pipe, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, polish, popple, poultice, pulverizer, quern, quernstone, riffle, ripple, rise, rock crusher, roll, roller bandage, rolling stone, rotator, rotor, rough water, rouleau, roundabout, rubber bandage, rundle, scend, sea, send, shredder, sleeker, slicker, sling, smooth, smoother, splint, sponge, steamroller, stupe, surf, surge, swell, tampon, tape, tent, tidal bore, tidal wave, tide wave, top, tourniquet, triangular bandage, triturator, trough, trunk, tsunami, tube, undulation, water wave, wave, wavelet, wheel, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig, white horses, whitecaps, windlass, wringer

Translations

 * French: rouleau
 * Spanish:


 * Swedish:


 * Chechen:
 * French:
 * Serbian: zlatovrana
 * Spanish: carraca


 * Volapük: korak,  hikorak,  jikorak,  korakül

Anagrams

 * reroll

Noun

 * 1)  inline skates
 * Il a eu sa première paire de rollers à l'âge de 8 ans.
 * 1)  skating (with inline skates).
 * J'adore faire du roller au moment du coucher du soleil.

Etymology
From roller.

Noun

 * 1) a cylindrical, rolling tool for applying paint