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Verb:

  • US|Canada|colloquial To compete, especially with vigor.
  • US|Canada|colloquial To leave or begin a journey.
  • computing To generate a random number.
  • ergative To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
  • ergative To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
  • ergative To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
  • ergative To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out.
  • gaming To create a new character in a role-playing game.
  • transitive or intransitive To throw dice.
  • transitive To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
  • geometry To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
  • slang To betray secrets.
  • nautical when a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
  • To act
  • To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
  • To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; often with up.
  • To have a rolling aspect
  • To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
  • To tumble in gymnastics.
  • To turn over and over.
  • To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
  • To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
  • slang To cause to betray secrets of or testify against.
  • transitive To beat up.
  • slang To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.

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