cinnamon roll
A rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugarA rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar.
» I ate eight big cinnamon rolls in one sitting.
Meaning
2 sensesA rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar.
Zimtschnecke, Zimtbrötchen
булочка з корицеюbuločka z koryceju
rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking
(slang)A person perceived as good, gentle and kind, often a fictional character who undergoes emotional suffering.
2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure
Examples
4 sentencesI ate eight big cinnamon rolls in one sitting.
Cakes, pies, croissants and cinnamon rolls are all types of pastries.
He baked a batch of walnut muffins today, and yesterday he made cinnamon rolls.
Other baked products include croissants, cinnamon rolls, bagels, muffins, and scones.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
cinnamon + roll. In reference to the character, derives from a headline in The Onion satircinnamon + roll. In reference to the character, derives from a headline in The Onion satirical newspaper, "Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good for This World, Too Pure" (23 January 2014) https://web.archive.org/web/20200306125704/https://local.theonion.com/beautiful-cinnamon-roll-too-good-for-this-world-too-pu-1819576048/amp.
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Forms
plural: cinnamon rolls| Singular | cinnamon roll |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking:cinnamon buncinnamon snail