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roller n. You are going along, going along and then you see these hills which are becoming bigger. All of a sudden, you are in the hills going up and down; in biking parlance they are called rollers. [English Environment] [full cite] (May. 2, 2008)

roller n. I reined in the speedy pace and tried to find a rhythm over the first three miles, where we encountered “rollers”—in running parlance, those are mellow hills with ups and downs that wake up your legs, but aren’t so challenging that they leave you breathless. [English] [full cite] (Mar. 19, 2009)

roller fag n. The lack of respect most skateboards had for in-line skating is frequently equated with femininity and homosexuality. One skater said that she and her friends called in-line skates, “gay boots.” I have often heard in-line skaters referred to as “roller fags.” One participant said he was bi-sexual because he rode a skateboard as well as in-line skated. [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 22, 2007)

roller skate effect n. There is also what is called the roller skate effect, where the wheels and tires are too small for the body. (Volkswagens of the 1980s seemed to have especially small wheels proportionally, and fell prey to this phenomenon.) Huge wheels of 20, 22 or 23 inches, by contrast, make a vehicle look tough. [English Automobiles & Transportation Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 4, 2007)

rollie n. Dude, is that Drum you’re smoking? I don’t suppose I could steal a rollie from ya, could I? [ Language English] [full cite] (Nov. 25, 2005)

rolling n. Rolling: Testing a dog’s fighting ability by having it fight smaller dogs and other animals for several minutes. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 8, 2007)

rolling domestic n. Besides a residence‚ the dispute can take place at work or even inside a moving car—which police term a “rolling domestic.” [English Police Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 21, 2006)

rolling music n. He was summoned to a meeting with police and TABC officials and told to beef up security, enforce a dress code restricting baggy clothes, jerseys, or gang-related attire, and to shun “rolling” music, a mixture of hardcore rap and impassioned DJ banter that can incite a crowd. “Rolling music is a term for music that pumps people up and gets them in the mood to do something stupid,” said a police officer who asked for anonymity. “You listen to the lyrics and get ready to go bust a cap in somebody’s ass. It’s like in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds, when the thieves listen to ‘Low Rider’ before they go steal cars.” [English Hip-Hop Music] [full cite] (Aug. 17, 2006)

rolling thunder n. Rolling Thunder. We don’t need Michael Fish to explain this one: a poll of, say, a constant 1,000, but each day knocking off a set number and replacing them with newcomers, to give continuity while freshening things up. Critics say Rolling Thunder wrongly boosted John Kerry. [English Politics] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2005)

rollkür n. The FEI has decided that, when applied by skilled trainers, there is no scientific evidence that the training method known as rollkür (overbending or working deep) is abusive to the horse. [German Animals, Insects, & Birds Horses] [full cite] (Feb. 7, 2006)

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