Antonyms for roller
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : roh-ler |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈroʊ lər |
Definition of roller
Origin :- late 13c., "thing that rolls;" early 15c., "rolling pin," agent noun from roll (v.). Meaning "hair-curler" is attested from 1795. Roller derby is from 1936 (see derby); roller hockey from 1926. Disparaging religious term holy roller is attested from 1842, American English, from the alleged rolling in the church aisles done by those in the Spirit.
- As in wave : noun sea surf, current
- As in wheel : noun circle, revolution
- As in billow : noun surging mass
- As in ground ball : noun baseball hit on the ground
- As in surf : noun waves
- As in drag bunt : noun bunt made while moving to first base
- As in breaker : noun large wave
- As in curtain : noun window covering
- Such is said to have been the origin of roller printing on calico.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- She swung sideways on a roller, and gesticulated with her jib-boom from port to starboard.
- Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
- He was named in meeting; the name tossed from roller to roller.
- Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
- A roller broke over the boat, and left a foot of water in the bottom.
- Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
- The cloth is dyed by means of passing over a roller into a dye vat.
- Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
- From there he leaped to the top of the roller towel, but horrors!
- Extract from : « Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier » by Frances Trego Montgomery
- Vi and Sadie had not even time to kick off their roller skates.
- Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
- Maurice and Neal lifted her stern on to a roller and dragged her towards the sea.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- They seized her by the gunwale, raised her and laid her keel on a roller.
- Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
- The roller passed on, leaving him still firmly clutching the wreck.
- Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
Synonyms for roller
- beachcomber
- bending
- billow
- bleeder
- blind
- breaker
- breakers
- breaking waves
- bunt
- caster
- chopper
- circuit
- circulation
- circumvolution
- coil
- comber
- combers
- comebacker
- convolution
- corkscrew
- crest
- crush
- curl
- curlicue
- cycle
- decoration
- destroyer
- disk
- drag bunt
- drape
- drapery
- drift
- drum
- dying quail
- film
- flood
- foam
- ground swell
- grounder
- gush
- gyration
- gyre
- hanging
- heave
- hoop
- influx
- jalousie
- loop
- movement
- nubber
- oleo
- outbreak
- pivot
- portiere
- pulley
- rag
- rash
- ratchet
- ridge
- ring
- ripple
- rippling
- rocking
- roll
- roller
- rollers
- rotation
- round
- rush
- screen
- scroll
- shade
- shield
- shroud
- shutter
- sign
- signal
- slow roller
- spin
- spindrift
- squibbler
- stream
- surf
- surge
- sweep
- swell
- tendency
- tide
- trolley
- tube
- turn
- twirl
- twist
- undulation
- unevenness
- uprising
- upsurge
- valance
- veil
- Venetian blind
- wave
- whirl
- whitecap
- winding
- wormburner
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