roll

The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.

A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.

A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.

A swagger or rolling gait.

A heavy, reverberatory sound.

The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.

(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.

The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.

An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.

The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.

A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).

A training match for a fighting dog.

(US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.

(paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.

(finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.