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roll
verb- to rob someone, especially with force and especially someone bemused with drink US, 1873
- The clip joint would roll a drunk and then toss him, unconscious, out in the parking lot. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 82, 1956
- members of the oldest profession, some of whom are not above rolling a mug for his wallet — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 20, 1956
- She learned how to “roll lushes” and the technique of “boosting” merchandise out of the department stores[.] — John M. Murtagh and Sara Harris, Cast the First Stone, p. 27, 1957
- Adolpho had carried away the drunkie’s Sterno, replying to my feeble protest, “What in hell, he’s lucky, we wain’t rolling him.” — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 237, 1961
- They never worry about a white gal rolling them. — Sara Harris, The Lords of Hell, p. 77, 1967
- Joe, you’re not very smart, but you can make a living some way besides rolling queers. — Nicholas Von Hoffman, We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us Against, p. 25, 1967
- Some black crazy cat threw a cup of coffee at a white drunk and rolled him. — Abbie Hoffman, Revolution for the Hell of It, p. 176, 1968
- There were, of course, teen-age gangs who roamed about mugging and rolling drunks[.] — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 17, 1968
- Where blood was shed for the sake of bread / And drunks rolled for their poke. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 80, 1976
- Sometimes I’d roll a stray drunk[.] — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 97, 1990
- I’ve got to help an old lady up off the floor after she’s been rolled by three fuckin pipeheads [crack cocaine addicts] for her pension. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 111, 2002
- to avoid paying a bill for services provided by an establishment such as a hotel or restaurant US
- — Robert C. Prus and C.R.D. Sharper, Road Hustler, p. 171, 1977: “Glossary of terms”
- to betray friends by changing sides; to inform on someone US
A variation of ROLL OVER- He knew the big, ugly steroid jockey was just smart enough to figure that Tommy would kill him inch by fucking inch if he ever rolled. — Stephen J. Cannell, King Con, p. 20, 1997
- to leave US
- Let’s roll, my man. — Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982
- C’mon, get your gear on, we’re rollin’. — Break Point, 1991
- Johann looks furtive, eager to get going. JOHANN: Let’s roll, Jordi. — Guy Ritchie et al., Lock, Stock... & Four Stolen Hooves, p. 54, 2000
- In the ’hood, it was easy to find someone who would roll with you to do your dirt. — Earl “DMX” Simmons, E.A.R.L., p. 89, 2002
- to arrive on the scene AUSTRALIA, 1861
- Seven o’clock: the Fury last rolled on them at four-thirty. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 20, 1992
- to ride in a car US
- Whose Benzo was that I saw you rolling in yesterday? — Boyz N The Hood, 1990
- the three of them rolling in the car, still looking for a Maxima — Menace II Society, 1993
- Ty had a Benz. S-class. Snowflake white, like all Dumas boys rolled in. — John Ridley, Love is a Racket, p. 30, 1998
- (used of a woman) to walk with a rolling motion of the pelvis TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1973
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- in prison, to open a cell US
- With grip in hand, Bud called the man / “Roll ‘em, Cap, and don’t be slow.” — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 71, 1976
- to take MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy US
- Mirranda Fernandes, 22, a waitress who lived alone with her dog, said to a neighbor one day in September 1999 that she wanted “to roll,” street slang for taking the drug ecstasy. — Tampa (Florida) Tribune, p. 1, 14 February 2001
▶ roll bones
to play dice US- — The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, p. 130, May 1950
▶ roll in on
to attack someone US- AW soldiers would roll in on a white known to have well-off family members. — Bill Valentine, Gangs and Their Tattoos, p. 12, 2000
▶ roll it back
to decelerate a motorcycle; to close the throttle-twist grip UK- — Douglas Dunford, Motorcycle Department, Beaulieu Motor Museum, 1979
▶ roll on
let it proceed or happen swiftly UK, 1901
Often used in an imperative or exclamatory manner.▶ roll the dice
to take a chance on something US- You want to investigate me, roll the dice, and take your chances. — A Few Good Men, 1992
▶ roll the drums
in betting, to double the bet in effect US- — Sam Snead and Jerry Tarde, Pigeons, Marks, Hustlers and Other Golf Bettors You Can Beat, p. 110, 1986
▶ roll your own
to reload your own ammunition US- — American Speech, p. 194, October 1957: “Some colloquialisms of the handgunner”
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