Значення

значень: 11

  1. (злічуване, незлічуване)A toy that rights itself when pushed over.

    Stehaufmanderl, Stehaufmännchen

    неваля́шкаnevaljáška, ва́нька-вста́нькаvánʹka-vstánʹka

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

  2. (злічуване, розмовне, незлічуване)A short, plump person (especially a child).

    Pummelchen

    пуза́нpuzán

  3. (злічуване, незлічуване)A forward roll or sideways roll.

  4. (Австралія, злічуване, незлічуване)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. (Британія, також, атрибутивне, злічуване, незлічуване)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, злічуване, незлічуване)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. (історичне, незлічуване)An activity or game involving rolling.

  8. An activity or game involving rolling.

    (злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope.

  9. (злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)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. (злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)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. (злічуване, застаріле, незлічуване)A mischievous or worthless person; a scoundrel, a rascal.

Переклади

мов: 9
Українська
За значеннями 1
toy that rights itself when pushed over:
Русский
За значеннями 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
За значеннями 2
toy that rights itself when pushed over:
short, plump person (especially a child):

Походження

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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Форми

множина: roly-polys / roly-polies

Синоніми

синонімів: 186
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Уроки до слова

уроків: 1

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