rolldown

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adjective

Capable of being rolled down.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiverolldown (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being rolled down.

    Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside.

    1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police
nounrolldown (countable and uncountable, plural rolldowns)

plural rolldowns

  1. attributivecountableoftenuncountablepinballAn older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger.

    Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.

    1949, Billboard, volume 61, page 82
    1 more example

    New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda.

    1948 January 24, Billboard, page 76

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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