"roll around" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-roll around.ogg Forms: rolls around [present, singular, third-person], rolling around [participle, present], rolled around [participle, past], rolled around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} roll around (third-person singular simple present rolls around, present participle rolling around, simple past and past participle rolled around)
  1. (intransitive) To move about on the ground while rotating and turning one's body. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-roll_around-en-verb-5lL5fg0x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 4 3 20 33 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 32 5 6 22 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 4 5 24 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 2 3 22 35
  2. (intransitive) To be considered, without much coherence, in someone's mind. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-roll_around-en-verb-koFoMokk
  3. (intransitive, slang) To indulge in sexual intercourse (with). Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: bump nasties, have sex, tumble, copulate
    Sense id: en-roll_around-en-verb-5iYn7qIK Disambiguation of Sex: 1 5 91 0 3
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) To laugh very heartily. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Synonyms: roll about
    Sense id: en-roll_around-en-verb-Vpgs68-q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 4 3 20 33 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 32 5 6 22 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 2 3 22 35
  5. (intransitive) Of a time or event: to come up; to happen. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Laughter
    Sense id: en-roll_around-en-verb-tihCRDXR Disambiguation of Laughter: 23 4 11 26 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 4 3 20 33 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 32 5 6 22 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 2 3 22 35

Inflected forms

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        "To laugh very heartily."
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        "(intransitive, colloquial) To laugh very heartily."
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          "text": "Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans",
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        "(intransitive) Of a time or event: to come up; to happen."
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