Meaning

4 senses
  1. (especially, intransitive)To pass; to go on; to elapse.

  2. (intransitive)To continue to move forwards.

  3. (transitive)To load or apply something with a rolling motion.

    He rolled on some deodorant, threw on a shirt, and ran out the door.

    He rolled on some paint, slapped up a "wet paint" sign, and called it a day.

  4. (slang, transitive)To snitch or tattle (on a person or group), to reveal a secret under pressure, usually regarding criminal matters.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. The ball rolled on the ground towards me.

    ruМяч покатился по земле по направлению ко мне. — odexed

    deDer Ball rollte am Boden auf mich zu. — Tamy

  2. Roll over on your back.

    ruПовернитесь на спину. — sharptoothed

  3. The dog is rolling over on the ground.

  4. The cat is rolling over on its back.

  5. The dog loves rolling around on the floor.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

rolls on, rolling on, rolled on, rolled on
Base formroll on · to roll on
3rd person singularrolls on
Present participlerolling on
Past simplerolled on
Past participlerolled on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyroll on
he, she, itrolls on

Past simpleLesson

all personsrolled on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rolled on
he, she, ithas rolled on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill roll on

Phrasal verbs

13 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
to elapse:go by
to move forwards:keep on

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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