Rolling (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the action, motion, or sound of anything that rolls.
adjective
  1. moving by revolving or turning over and over.
  2. rising and falling in gentle slopes, as land: rolling hills.
  3. moving in undulating billows, as clouds or waves: Jessica felt a peace steal over her as she watched the rolling waves.
  4. rocking or swaying from side to side: The rolling movement of the train car lulled most of the passengers to sleep.
  5. turning or folding over, as a collar.
  6. producing a deep, continuous sound: rolling thunder.
  7. steadily moving onward in a series of stages: a rolling program of renovations.
Idioms
  1. luxuriating or abounding in (something, especially money): As a nonprofit, the Tandy Academy of Music is not exactly rolling in cash.
  2. (of an audience or audience member) convulsed with laughter: Arden had her audience in tears with one song, then rolling in the aisles with her humor.
adjective
  1. having gentle rising and falling slopes; undulating
  2. progressing or spreading by stages or by occurrences in different places in succession, with continued or increasing effectiveness
  3. subject to regular review and updating
  4. deeply resounding; reverberating
  5. extremely rich
  6. that may be turned up or down
adverb
  1. swaying or staggering (in the phrase rolling drunk)
Rolling (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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