rolling
2
7.6
- adjective
- /ˈroʊlɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
vibrante
- The teacher demonstrated how to produce a rolling 'r' sound by vibrating the tongue.
The German R is a short, rolling R.
- The German R is a short, rolling R.
Examples
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The musician delivered a beautiful performance with a rolling trill that captivated the audience.
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As she sang, her voice displayed a rolling quality that made the melody more enchanting.
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The road went through an immense, open, rolling park.
Fiction book (2000) -
The rolling hills of the Borders have a lot in common with those near San Francisco.
Blog text (11) -
The rolling hills of central Missouri provide the backdrop for our residential drug and alcohol treatment offered in a cottage-style setting.
Blog text (1) -
Between villages, the overwhelming memory is of a vast, beautiful, rolling vista of trees and fields framed by jagged mountains on the distant horizon.
Blog text (28) -
Through the canopy, all I could see was a rolling, gray-green blur of grass and shrubs blending at twenty or thirty feet into the gloom of the storm.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
The tongue or throat shakes to make an r sound
A speech sound made by a quick vibration of the tongue or throat, like the Spanish r
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.4
A machine that presses hot metal between heavy rollers to make sheets or bars
- Specialized
A knot that ties a rope to a pole or another rope to stop it sliding one way
How Trilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rolling (trilled speech) comes from the verb roll, which can mean 'to turn or vibrate', and this image fits the tongue as it quickly vibrates. So rolling r's are r sounds made by a quick, turning vibration of the tongue.