Roll

Roll or Rolls may refer to:

Physics and engineering

• Rolling, a motion of two objects with respect to each-other such that the two stay in contact without sliding
• Roll angle (or roll rotation), one of the 3 angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing motion about the longitudinal axis
  • Roll (aviation), one of the aircraft principal axes of rotation of an aircraft (angle of tilt to the left or right measured from the longitudinal axis)
  • Roll (ship motion), one of the ship motions' principal axes of rotation of a ship (angle of tilt to the port or starboard measured from the longitudinal axis)
• Rolling manoeuvre, a manoeuvre of any stiff body (for example a vehicle) around its roll axis:
  • Roll, an aerobatic maneuver with an airplane, usually referring to an aileron roll, but sometimes instead a barrel roll, rudder roll or slow roll
  • Kayak roll, a maneuver used to right a capsized kayak
  • Roll program, an aerodynamic maneuver performed in a rocket launch
• Roll rate (or roll velocity), the angular speed at which an aircraft can change its roll attitude, typically expressed in degrees per second

Food

• Bread roll, a small individual loaf of bread
• Roll (food), a type of food that is either rolled in its preparation, rolled in something, served in a bread roll, or otherwise called a "roll"

Arts, entertainment and media

• Roll (Anne McCue album), 2004
• Roll (Emerson Drive album), 2012
• "Roll", a song by Flo Rida from the 2008 album Mail on Sunday (album)
• Roll (Mega Man), a character in the Mega Man video game franchise
• Banjo roll, a pattern played by the banjo
• Drum roll, a percussion technique
• Legato or rolls, a guitar technique
• Music roll, a storage medium to operate a mechanical instrument
• Roll, a Hungarian pill bug in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life

People

Roll

• Roll baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
• Alfred Philippe Roll (1846–1919), French painter
• Bob Roll (born 1960), American professional cyclist and commentator
• Curtis Roll (1884–1970), an American judge
• Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden (1907–2005), academic economist, public servant and banker
• Ferdinand Nicolai Roll (1831–1921), Norwegian jurist and politician
• George Roll (born 1962), an American ice hockey coach
• Gernot Roll (1939–2020), a German cinematographer
• Idan Roll (born 1984), an Israeli politician
• Jacob Roll (born 1783) (1783–1870), a Norwegian judge and politician
• Jacob Roll (born 1794) (1794–1857), a Norwegian politician
• John Roll (1947–2011), a United States federal judge
• Lawson Roll (born 1965), an English cricketer
• Martin Roll (born 1967), a Danish author and management consultant
• Michael Roll (actor) (born 1961), German television actor
• Michael Roll (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player
• Michael Roll (pianist) (born 1946), British pianist
• Richard Roll (born 1939), American economist
  • Roll's critique
• Sigurd Roll (1893–1944), Norwegian diplomat and athlete
• Stephan Roll (1904-1974), Romanian poet
• Sylvia Roll (born 1973), German volleyball player
• Thomas Røll (born 1977), retired Danish professional footballer
• William G. Roll (1926–2012), American psychologist and parapsychologist

de Roll

• Louis de Roll (1750-?), a Swiss soldier during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
  • Roll's Regiment, a regiment of the British Army raised in 1794

Rolls

• A luxury car manufactured by Rolls-Royce Limited (1904–1973), Rolls-Royce Motors (1973–1998), or Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (1998–present)
• Charles Rolls (engraver) (1799–1885), engraver
• Charles Rolls (1877–1910), Welsh motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited
• John Etherington Welch Rolls (1807–1870), British jurist and art collector
• John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock (1837–1912), British landowner and politician
• John Rolls, 2nd Baron Llangattock (1870–1916), British barrister and soldier
• Rolls Gracie, Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter

Places

• Roll, Arizona, U.S.
• Roll, Indiana, U.S.
• Roll, Oklahoma, U.S.
• Roll, German name for Ralsko, town in the Czech Republic

Other uses

• Roll (gymnastics), a fundamental skill in gymnastics
• Rolls (restaurant chain), in Finland
• Rolls Razor, a British safety razor and washing machine manufacturer
• Roll, a British obsolete unit of measurement for butter and cheese
• Coin wrapper or roll, a container for a number of coins
• Scroll, or roll, a rolled-up piece of parchment or paper
• Roll (finance), process of switching to a contract with a later expiry date
• Jelly roll (options), an options trading strategy

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Roll
• All pages with titles containing Roll
• Role (disambiguation)
• Roll call (disambiguation)
• Rolle (disambiguation)
• Roller (disambiguation)
• Rolling (disambiguation)
• Rolls-Royce (disambiguation)
• List of rolled foods
• Rock and roll, or rock 'n' roll, a genre of popular music

1. Roll-on/roll-off
2. Dutch roll
3. Rock and roll
4. Roll, Alabama, Roll
5. Roll, Jordan, Roll
6. Roll-to-roll processing
7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
8. On a Roll
9. Roll On, Columbia, Roll On
10. Roll Red Roll
11. Roll with It
12. List of 2010s deaths in popular music
13. Roll On
14. Morning roll
15. Jelly roll
16. Jelly Roll (singer)
17. Roll Tide
18. Merrily We Roll Along (musical)
19. Bread roll
20. List of deaths in rock and roll