Roll 578568 221420485 2008-06-24T12:36:15Z EdJogg 1570187 restore headings which are more close to [[WP:MOSDAB]] guidelines {{wiktionarypar|roll}} 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 {{TOCright}} * 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]] {{disambig-cleanup}}