outrolling

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noun

The action or result of something rolling outward.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of outroll
nounoutrolling (countable and uncountable, plural outrollings)

plural outrollings

  1. countableuncountableThe action or result of something rolling outward.

    And will any say when my bell of quittance is heard in the gloom, / And a crossing breeze cuts a pause in its outrollings […]

    1917, Thomas Hardy, Afterwards
    2 more examples

    Constant presence of the four tags indicates they may be permanent structures rather than temporary eversions or outrollings from the fissure. Slight depression of male porophores obviates protuberance beyond general level of body surface.

    1963, Records of the Indian Museum, volumes 53-55, page 109

    Between explosions, outrollings of the tolling bells pass them in waves. Fizzy wine is sloshed into their meagre selection of glasses.

    2013, Michael Cannon, Four New Words for Love
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outrolling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrolling.

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