ROLL OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roll off mean? 

• ROLL OFF (verb)
  The verb ROLL OFF has 1 sense:

1. recite volubly or extravagantly

  Familiarity information: ROLL OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROLL OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recite volubly or extravagantly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

rattle down; rattle off; reel off; roll off; spiel off

Context example:

He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

Hypernyms (to "roll off" is one way to...):

recite (repeat aloud from memory)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

It was some time before the Cowardly Lion awakened, for he had lain among the poppies a long while, breathing in their deadly fragrance; but when he did open his eyes and roll off the truck he was very glad to find himself still alive.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)