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to reroll

to reroll

1 4.7
To roll dice again to try for a better result
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈroʊl/
  • Jargon
translation icon : volver a lanzar
  • After losing the first game, we decided to reroll the dice to see if we could get a better score.
  • reroll once
  • reroll and roll

Examples

  • My memory of the beta for LOTRO was rerolling away from a dwarf after running through what seemed to be an empty wasteland between the Thorin's Hall area in the north and the next chunk of the map that had quests in it.

    Blog text (18)

  • You can reroll the dough several times, and it still stays tender.

    Blog text (17)

  • Maybe just do all the thin ones finish those right and then we'll reroll for the for the last two thick ones.

  • I'm gonna reroll.

    Happy Christmas (2014)

  • "She rerolls a sleeve of her housedress back up to her shoulder.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • When I returned to the house, I found Reiko rerolling the futons I had put away earlier.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Princess took the scroll and opened it out on the table, placing heavy candelabra at the top and bottom to keep it from rerolling.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I rerolled the futon, folded the sheets and the blanket, and put them in a pile on the couch, pillow on top.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • He quickly rerolled the proofs, snapped on a rubber band, and held the scroll for ransom.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • It was said that the new invention could cut, sort, sift, roll, recut, reroll, resort paper, print, and trim a whole cigarette without being touched by human hands.

    Fiction book (1996)

Surface Forms

reroll infinitive
rerolled past
rerolled past participle
rerolling present participle
rerolls third person singular

Morphology

reroll = roll (transparent) = re + roll

This is standard prefixation with 're-' meaning 'again', so 'reroll' means 'roll again'.

Etymology

The verb reroll is made from re- 'again' plus roll 'to throw', so to reroll is simply to 'roll again', for example when you throw dice one more time to try for a better result.