"rolling" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-rolling.ogg [US] Forms: more rolling [comparative], most rolling [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} rolling (comparative more rolling, superlative most rolling)
  1. (colloquial) Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Drinking Synonyms (drunk): drunk
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-adj-WOh0YgmB Disambiguation of Drinking: 22 13 11 9 0 13 6 10 16 Disambiguation of 'drunk': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. Staggered in time and space. Synonyms (staggered): spaced out, chequerwise
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-adj-zjTkGZQp Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 19 10 0 20 8 8 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 24 17 7 0 14 6 8 22 Disambiguation of 'staggered': 11 62 11 5 0 11
  3. Moving by turning over and over about an axis. Synonyms (moving by turning over repeatedly): spinning, tumbling Translations (moving by turning over repeatedly): търкалящ се (tǎrkaljašt se) (Bulgarian), rotolamento (Italian), takahurihuri (Maori), rolar (Spanish), rulla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-adj-9l4Yz9cY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 19 10 0 20 8 8 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 24 17 7 0 14 6 8 22 Disambiguation of 'moving by turning over repeatedly': 2 6 75 5 0 12 Disambiguation of 'moving by turning over repeatedly': 2 3 78 5 0 12
  4. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape). Translations (undulating of the landscape): хълмист (hǎlmist) (Bulgarian), kumpuileva (Finnish), tāwakawaka (Maori), pūwakawaka (Maori), pukepuke (Maori)
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-adj-GUAfIPq4 Disambiguation of 'undulating of the landscape': 7 6 13 61 0 12
  5. Making a continuous sound.
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-adj-QcFOVYDB
  6. (slang) Short for rolling in it (“very wealthy”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: rolling in it (extra: very wealthy)
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-adj-7SO6DMH0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 19 10 0 20 8 8 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 24 17 7 0 14 6 8 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-rolling.ogg [US] Forms: rollings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} rolling (plural rollings)
  1. The act by which something is rolled.
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-noun-KSmGhwpl
  2. (video games, NES Tetris) A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second. Categories (topical): Video games Synonyms: flyheccing
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-noun-1Nkz2Nkd Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheese rolling, coal-rolling, cold rolling, egg rolling, eye-rolling, hot rolling, pill rolling, rag-rolling, tongue rolling Related terms: hypertapping, jitterclicking

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-rolling.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} rolling
  1. present participle and gerund of roll Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: roll Synonyms: rowling Derived forms: get the ball rolling, keep the ball rolling, rolling in dough, rolling in money
    Sense id: en-rolling-en-verb-GhFmenCG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 19 10 0 20 8 8 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 24 17 7 0 14 6 8 22

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "jitterclicking"
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