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rolling

/ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ adjective B1
  1. Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering. (colloquial)
  2. Staggered in time and space. · on a rolling basis· a 90-day rolling business plan
  3. Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
  4. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
  5. Making a continuous sound.
  6. having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
  7. Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly). (slang)
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Again a head shot swiftly out, and the great Lion went rolling down the hill as if he had been struck by a cannon ball.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 138 · B2
And the round sun rolling by
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
The soldiers you believe to be dying with hunger, worn out with fatigue, ready to desert, gather like atoms of snow about the rolling ball as it hastens onward.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 117 · C1
When Anne, with tears rolling over her cheeks, had gone sorrowfully upstairs, Matthew, who had been apparently sound asleep on the lounge during the whole dialogue, opened his eyes and said decidedly:
Anne of Green Gables, p. 146 · C1

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