"roll about" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rolls about [present, singular, third-person], rolling about [participle, present], rolled about [participle, past], rolled about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} roll about (third-person singular simple present rolls about, present participle rolling about, simple past and past participle rolled about)
  1. (intransitive, colloquial) To laugh very heartily. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Categories (topical): Laughter Synonyms: roll around
    Sense id: en-roll_about-en-verb-Vpgs68-q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (about)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for roll about meaning in English (1.3kB)

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