roll-on

adjective

Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.

Meanings

adjectiveroll-on (not comparable)
  1. not comparableusuallyApplied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.
nounroll-on (plural roll-ons)

plural roll-ons

  1. datedin pluraloftenA type of corset which is rolled on to the body.

    Roll-ons and lastex^([sic]) corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes.

    1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, page 139
    1 more example

    We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.

    2007 November 6, Michele Hanson, The Guardian
  2. A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.

    I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.

    1999 July 16, Laura Craik, The Guardian

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian ластичен колан
  • ластичен колан (lastičen kolan)type of corset
Finnish roll-on
  • roll-oncosmetic product
German Deoroller
  • Deorollercosmetic product
Polish gorset elastyczny, dezodorant w kulce
  • gorset elastycznytype of corset
  • dezodorant w kulcecosmetic product
Swedish roll-on
  • roll-oncosmetic product
Cite this entry
APA

roll-on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roll-on

MLA

“roll-on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roll-on. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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