roller : Idioms & Phrases


Dandy roller

  • a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
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Ductor roller

  • (Printing), the roller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller.
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european roller

  • noun common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
    Coracias garrulus.
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Fancy roller

  • (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.
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Friction rollers

  • balls or rollers placed so as to receive the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel.
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garden roller

  • noun heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns
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Ground roller

  • noun Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground.
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high roller

  • noun one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment
    big spender.
    • the last of the big spenders
  • noun a gambler who wagers large sums
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holy roller

  • noun a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor
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Inking roller

  • a somewhat elastic roller,used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc.
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Leaf roller

  • noun moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
    leaf roller.
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  • (Zoöl.), the larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See Tortrix.
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leaf-roller

  • noun moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
    leaf roller.
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paint roller

  • noun a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint
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pill roller

  • noun a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
    druggist; pill pusher; apothecary; pharmacist; chemist.
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Piping crow, Piping crow shrike, Piping roller

  • (Zoöl.), any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina, esp. G. tibicen, which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also caruck.
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Road roller

  • noun vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
    steamroller.
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  • a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers, for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and compact. often driven by steam.
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roller bandage

  • noun bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application
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roller bearing

  • noun bearings containing small metal balls
    ball bearing; needle bearing.
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roller bit

  • noun a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers
    rock bit.
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roller blind

  • noun a window shade that rolls up out of the way
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Roller bolt

  • the bar in a carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree. Eng.
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roller coaster

  • noun anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down)
    • the economy has been on a roller coaster all year
  • noun elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
    chute-the-chute; big dipper.
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Roller gin

  • a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for separating the seeds from the fiber.
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Roller mill

  • . See under Mill.
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Roller skate

  • noun a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole
  • verb travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles
    roller skate.
    • In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around
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  • a skate which has small wheels in the place of the metallic runner; designed for use in skating upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.
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roller skating

  • noun skating on wheels
  • verb travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles
    roller skate.
    • In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around
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roller towel

  • noun a towel with the ends sewn together, hung on a roller
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roller-skater

  • noun someone who engages in roller skating
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Sap roller

  • (Mil.), a large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
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Slitting roller

  • one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, used in slitting metals.
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Stone roller

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger, stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish (Campostoma anomalum); called also stone lugger.
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Strawberry-leaf roller

  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of moths whose larvæ roll up, and feed upon, the leaves of the strawberry vine; especially, Phoxopteris fragariæ, and Eccopsis permundana.
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