…used to indicate that one wants a particular time or event to come quickly…
…denoting a deodorant or cosmetic applied by means of a rotating ball in the neck of the container…
…a rapid succession of beats sounded on a drum, often used to introduce an announcement or event…
…a Chinese-style snack similar to a spring roll, consisting of diced meat or prawns and shredded vegetables wrapped in a dough made with egg and deep-fried…
…a virus disease of potatoes marked by upward curling of the leaves…
…the annual records of the British Exchequer from the 12th to the 19th century…
…create a striped or marbled effect on (a surface) by painting it with a rag crumpled up into a roll…
…a register of a landlord’s lands and buildings with the rents due from them…
…a metal bar running up the sides and across the top of a vehicle, especially one used in motor sport, strengthening its frame and protecting the occupants if the vehicle overturns…
…a framework of reinforcements protecting a car’s passenger cabin in the event that it should roll on to its roof…
…the process of calling out a list of names to establish who is present…
…a feed mechanism supplying material in sheet form, e.g. paper, by means of rollers…
…photographic film with a protective lightproof backing paper wound on to a spool…
…the smooth fall of response to zero at either end of the frequency range of a piece of audio equipment…
…a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a single quick revolution about its longitudinal axis while flying horizontally…
…an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft follows a single turn of a spiral while rolling once about its longitudinal axis…
…the record kept by a manorial court of rent paid and property held by tenants…
…a roller which is used to solidify partly formed paper during its manufacture, and to impress the water mark…
…a complete rollover in canoeing, from upright to capsized to upright…
…a woman’s hairstyle in which the hair is tucked into a vertical roll down the back of the head…
…an official list of officers and men in a military unit or ship’s company…
…(in the UK) a parchment roll listing the patents issued in a particular year…
…a roll of perforated paper which controls the movement of the keys in a pianola or similar instrument, so producing a particular melody…
…a Chinese snack consisting of a pancake filled with vegetables and sometimes meat, rolled into a cylinder and deep-fried…
…a cylindrical cake with a spiral cross section, made from a flat sponge cake spread with a filling such as jam and rolled up…
…a soldier’s blanket and kit made into a roll for use on active service…
…a boiled cabbage leaf that is formed into a roll with a stuffing of rice and minced meat and then baked…
…drive the flank of an enemy line back and round so that the line is shortened or surrounded…
…a writing desk with a flexible cover sliding in curved grooves…
…a roll performed by an aircraft as a sign of triumph, typically after a successful mission…
…a roll of sushi with a filling containing avocado, cucumber, and crabmeat…
…in the UK, an official list of the people in a district who are entitled to vote in an election…
…reverse the progress or reduce the power or importance of something…
