press roll

noun

A type of heavy roller, especially as used in papermaking.

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Meanings

nounpress roll (plural press rolls)

plural press rolls

  1. A type of heavy roller, especially as used in papermaking.
  2. jazzA type of drum roll whereby the drumsticks are pressed against the skin of the drum.

    I really went for Ray's press roll on the drums; he was the first fay boy I ever heard who mastered this vital foundation of jazz music.

    1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “They Found the Body in a Ditch”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 62
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APA

press roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20roll

MLA

“press roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20roll. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “press roll,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20roll.

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