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The word '''roll''' has these meanings:
*[[Roll (food)]]
* A thin flexible solid wound around a centre.
** Something wrapped around a tube, e.g. [[toilet roll]].
** Paper strips wrapped around a thin quilling tool, e.g. [[quilling]].
** A [[bank roll]], a paper holder for coins
** A wrapped holder for similarly shaped items, such as a [[candy]] roll
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* A list of records, especially of people (see also [[roster]], [[rotulus]], [[Pipe Rolls]]):
** [[Electoral roll]], a list of eligible voters
** [[Credits roll]], vertically moving text in video and film terminology
** The collective noun for the pupils of a school, e.g. "There are 1240 pupils in the school roll."
**[[Roll call]]
==In music==
* [[Drum roll]], a technique employed by percussionists to produce a sustained sound from a drum
**[[Gravity roll]]
**[[Single-stroke roll]]
* The [[Legato]] playing technique for stringed instruments (especially electric guitars)
*[[Music roll]], a form of recording on a paper or other roll
*[[Piano roll]], a music roll used in a player piano
==In transport==
* Bank or '''roll''', an aerobatic manoeuvre (see [[Aerobatics]] and [[flight dynamics]])
* ''[[Roll program]]'', a roll/bank performed after a rocket launch
* The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching. See [[ship motions]] and [[flight dynamics]].
* The smooth wheels fitted to a [[steamroller]] or [[road roller]]
==People==
* [[Bob Roll]], an American professional cyclist and commentator
* [[Charles Rolls]], co-founder of [[Rolls-Royce Limited]] and a pioneer aviator
* [[Eric Roll]]
* [[Ferdinand Nicolai Roll]]
* [[Gary Lee Roll]]
* [[Michael Roll]]
* [[Richard Roll]]
* [[William G. Roll]]
==Places==
In the United States:
*[[Roll, Indiana]]
*[[Roll, Oklahoma]]
==In the atmosphere==
*A [[roll cloud]], usually found in the lee of mountains
*[[Horizontal convective rolls]], in the boundary layer, the horizontal vortices that usually fill the layer, also known as organized large eddies
==Other uses==
* A [[trill consonant]]
* A [[kayak roll]], the manoeuvre used to right a kayak that has capsized
* A heavy machine used in a steel mill; see [[rolling (metalworking)]]
* [[Roll (Mega Man)]], a female character in the ''Mega Man'' series of video games
* [[Rickroll]], an Internet meme
==See also==
*[[Rolling]]
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