Значение

значений: 11

  1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A toy that rights itself when pushed over.

    Stehaufmanderl, Stehaufmännchen

    неваля́шкаnevaljáška, ва́нька-вста́нькаvánʹka-vstánʹka

    іванець-киванецьivanecʹ-kyvanecʹ, іван-побиванivan-pobyvan, іва́н-покива́нiván-pokyván

  2. (исчисляемое, разговорное, неисчисляемое)A short, plump person (especially a child).

    Pummelchen

    пуза́нpuzán

  3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A forward roll or sideways roll.

  4. (Австралия, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Synonym of tumbleweed (“any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place”); specifically, the prickly Russian thistle (Kali tragus or Salsola tragus).

  5. (Британия, также, атрибутивное, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up.

    pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed

  6. (Канада, США, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha).

    мокри́цаmokríca

  7. (историческое, неисчисляемое)An activity or game involving rolling.

  8. An activity or game involving rolling.

    (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope.

  9. (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A game in which balls are rolled along the floor to knock down pins, or bowled into holes, or thrown into hats placed on the ground.

  10. (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)Synonym of roulette (“a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game”).

  11. (исчисляемое, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)A mischievous or worthless person; a scoundrel, a rascal.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
toy that rights itself when pushed over:
Русский
По значениям 3
toy that rights itself when pushed over:
short, plump person (especially a child):
small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
toy that rights itself when pushed over:
short, plump person (especially a child):

Происхождение

The noun is apparently derived from roll (“to turn over and over”) + -y (suffix forming ad

The noun is apparently derived from roll (“to turn over and over”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. Compare rolly (“having the ability to roll, rolling”, adjective), which is attested since the 19th century.

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Формы

мн. число: roly-polys / roly-polies

Синонимы

синонимов: 186
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Уроки к слову

уроков: 1

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