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shrike
English
Etymology
From Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English s?r?c (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Noun
shrike (plural shrikes)
- Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.
Synonyms
- butcherbird
Derived terms
- crow shrike
- cuckoo shrike
- shrike thrush
- shrike tit
- swallow shrike
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “shrike”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Ihrkes, hikers, shriek
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roller
English
Etymology
From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll +? -er.
(credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????l?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??o?l?/
- Rhymes: -??l?(?)
Noun
roller (plural rollers)
- (heading) Anything that rolls.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- (cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- A roller towel.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- The cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend?; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits?; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].
- (heading) A bird.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 69:
- I learned a lot from watching, but the part that I should have studied harder was the roller. The names of the writers went on for ever.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 69:
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
roller (third-person singular simple present rollers, present participle rollering, simple past and past participle rollered)
- (intransitive) To roller skate.
- 2020, Nick Hughes, Bahama Boyz (page 138)
- One day Frankie rollered up our drive and asked me if I fancied a skate.
- 2020, Nick Hughes, Bahama Boyz (page 138)
Anagrams
- Orrell, reroll
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English roller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o.lœ?/
Noun
roller m (plural rollers)
- (countable) in-line skate, rollerblade
- Il a eu sa première paire de rollers à l'âge de 8 ans.
- (uncountable) skating (with inline skates).
- J'adore faire du roller au moment du coucher du soleil.
See also
- patin à roulettes
Further reading
- “roller” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Roller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rol??r]
- Rhymes: -?r
- Hyphenation: rol?ler
Noun
roller (plural rollerek)
- kick scooter, push scooter, scooter (a small platform with two wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground)
Declension
or
Derived terms
- rolleres
- rollerezik
References
Further reading
- roller in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
roller m or f
- indefinite plural of rolle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
roller f
- indefinite plural of rolle
Old French
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
roller
- to polish a helmet
Etymology 2
see roeler
Verb
roller
- Alternative form of roeler (to roll)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-oll, *-olls, *-ollt are modified to ol, ous, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roler, to polish a helmet)
- rouler on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (to polish a helmet; to roll)
Portuguese
Noun
roller m (plural rollers)
- roller skate (a boot with small wheels)
- Synonym: patim
Swedish
Noun
roller c
- a cylindrical, rolling tool for applying paint
- indefinite plural of roll
Declension
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