Roll

ROLL

-verb (usually followed by “around” or “over” )

1. to move or cause to move along by turning over and over

2. to move or cause to move along on wheels or rollers

3. to flow or cause to flow onwards in an undulating movement

4. (intr.) (of animals, etc.) to turn onto the back and kick: the hills roll down to the sea

5. (intr.) to extend in undulations: the hills roll down to the sea

6. to move or occur in cycles

7. (intr.) (of a planet, the moon, etc.) to revolve in an orbit

8. (intr.; followed by “on”, “by”, etc. ) to pass or elapse

9. to rotate or cause to rotate wholly or partially

10. to curl, cause to curl, or admit of being curled, so as to form a ball, tube, or cylinder; coil

11. to make or form by shaping into a ball, tube, or cylinder: to roll a cigarette

12. (often followed by “out”) to spread or cause to spread out flat or smooth under or as if under a roller

13. to emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound

14. to trill or cause to be trilled

15. (intr.) pitch (of a vessel, aircraft, rocket, etc.) to turn from side to side around the longitudinal axis

16. (of an aircraft) to execute or cause an aircraft to execute a roll to cause (an aircraft) to execute a roll or (of an aircraft) to execute a roll (sense 39)

17. (intr.) to walk with a swaying gait, as when drunk; sway

18. (of an animal, especially a dog) to lie on its back and wriggle while kicking its legs in the air, without moving along

19. (intr.) to wallow or envelop oneself (in)

20. (trans.) to apply ink to (type, etc.) with a roller or rollers

21. to throw (dice)

22. (intr.) to operate or begin to operate

23. informal . (intr.) to make progress; move or go ahead

24. informal chiefly (US), (NZ) (trans.) to rob (a helpless person, such as someone drunk or asleep)

-noun

25. the act or an instance of rolling

26. anything rolled up in a cylindrical form

27. an official list or register, especially of names

28. a rounded mass

29. a strip of material, especially leather, fitted with pockets or pouches for holding tools, toilet articles, needles and thread, etc.

30. a cylinder used to flatten something; roller

31. a small loaf of bread for one person, eaten plain, with butter, or as a light meal when filled with meat, cheese, etc.

32. See also swiss roll . a flat pastry or cake rolled up with a meat ( sausage roll ), jam ( jam roll ), or other filling

33. a swell, ripple, or undulation on a surface

34. a swaying, rolling, or unsteady movement or gait

35. a deep prolonged reverberating sound

36. a rhythmic cadenced flow of words

37. a trilling sound; trill

38. a very rapid beating of the sticks on a drum

39. a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes one complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without loss of height or change in direction

40. the angular displacement of a vessel, rocket, missile, etc. caused by rolling

41. a throw of dice

42. a bookbinder's tool having a brass wheel, used to impress a line or repeated pattern on the cover of a book

43. slang . an act of sexual intercourse or petting

44. slang (US) . an amount of money, especially a wad of paper money

Of all the subjects that could tempt

I find myself at the end of my wits

Snapping at rolls in a dark cubicle

Just for the sake of refracted light,