👅 Trilled speech 🌸 Curled inward 🧻 Folded up

rolled

7.4

The tongue or throat shakes to make an r sound

adjective
/roʊld/

Specialized

: vibrante

The Spanish word for 'dog' has a rolled 'r' sound that adds rhythm to the language.

Examples

He practiced his pronunciation to master the rolled 'r' used in many languages.
In singing, proper technique often requires a rolled 'r' to produce a more vibrant sound.
But but you rolled your R comrade.

Synonyms

rolling

vsrolled

Specialized

2 7.6

Pronounced with a vibrating r sound made by the tongue

has identical meaning but is a different word form

trilled

vsrolled

Specialized

8.4

A speech sound made by a quick vibration of the tongue or throat, like the Spanish r

focuses on tongue or uvula vibration rather than vocal cords

Idioms

rolled into one

16 4.4

Having more than one role or quality at the same time

Compounds

rolled oats

1 2.0

Grains that are steamed and flattened to make porridge or granola

rolled biscuit

2.9

A small flat baked treat made from dough rolled and cut before baking

rolled out sod

4.7

Fresh grass cut into rolls that you lay on bare soil

Surface Forms

rolled positive

Morphology

rolled = roll (semi-transparent) = roll + ed

The suffix 'ed' indicates a past participle or adjective form, but the specific pronunciation context of 'rolled' is not immediately obvious from 'roll'.

Etymology

Rolled (for a sound) comes from the old verb roll, which is linked to the Latin root rota meaning 'wheel' or 'turn'. A 'rolled' consonant is called that because the sound is like a small wheel turning or the tongue quickly shaking, so the sound seems to 'roll'.