to roulette
- verb
- /ruˈlɛt/
- Specialized
:
perforar con una ruleta
- To create a decorative pattern, the artisan carefully rouletted the edges of the leather.
Examples
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Using a roulette tool, she rouletted the surface of the paper to ensure a neat finish.
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He rouletted the fabric before stitching to add an attractive design.
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Certainly, techniques roulette roulette.
Blog text (22) -
It is not uncommon for the Folona potters to roulette the lower surfaces and then take a red ochre stone and draw another design across the already patterned surface.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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5.3
Make a line of small holes so something tears easily
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9.9
To make a row of small holes so paper tears easily
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- NSFW
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9.1
A dangerous game of chance with a gun that people also use to describe very risky actions
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4.8
A round spinning wheel with numbered slots used for bets in the game of roulette
- Specialized
A curve made by a point on a shape that rolls without sliding around another shape
Surface Forms
Etymology
Roulette comes from French and originally meant 'little wheel'; it comes from the verb rouler 'to roll', like the English word roll. That is why to 'roulette' something means to roll a small wheel over it to make a line of tiny holes or marks.