Phrase guide

roll up

intj · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

intj

Meaning 1

Used to call the attention of potential purchasers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Roll up, roll up! Pies for sale!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of rollup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To dominate by accumulating; to become dominant by accumulating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • The businessmen rolled up the market by buying most of the major players.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The shopkeeper had to roll up the poster to make it easier to carry.
  • When they told you not to fold, spindle, or mutilate a punchcard, the spindling referred to rolling it up.
  • He rolled up his shirt sleeves.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unroll, unscroll, roll down

5

verb

Meaning 5

To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.

To pack up into a bundle or bindle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pack up, pack

Antonyms: unroll, unscroll, roll down, unpack

6

verb

Meaning 6

To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.

To create a cigar or cigarette, or a joint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The audacity of that man rolling up in court was astounding.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unroll, unscroll, roll down

7

verb

Meaning 7

To raise (a car window, rolling door, or rolling security barrier).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The shopkeeper had to roll up the security barrier to open the shop.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wind up

Antonyms: roll down, wind down

8

verb

Meaning 8

To roll the dice necessary to create a character for a game, especially a role-playing game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: roleplaying games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To arrive by vehicle, usually by car.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • We thought Jim would be late for the wedding, but then we saw him roll up in front of the church in his Mercedes.
  • Don't be rolling up to my door without calling ahead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

show certain properties when being rolled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The carpet rolls unevenly
  • dried-out tobacco rolls badly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: roll

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

11

verb

Meaning 11

form a cylinder by rolling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • roll up a banner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wrap up

Antonyms: unfurl

Broader terms: change surface

12

verb

Meaning 12

form into a cylinder by rolling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Roll up the cloth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: furl

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change shape, change form, deform

Narrower terms: douse, reef, bolt, take in, gather in, brail

13

verb

Meaning 13

close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she rolled up the window when it started to rain

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: close, shut

14

verb

Meaning 14

make into a bundle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he bundled up his few possessions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bundle, bundle up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pack

15

verb

Meaning 15

arrive in a vehicle:

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He rolled up in a black Mercedes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrive, get, come

16

verb

Meaning 16

get or gather together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
  • She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
  • She rolled up a small fortune

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away

Narrower terms: run up, corral, collect, pull in, scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up, lump, chunk, bale, catch, fund

History

Etymology

The "arrive by vehicle" sense involves the notion of being on wheels (or, similarly, on tank treads); it is conceptually coordinate with walk up as in "approach"; thus, both can take to as preposition (e.g., roll up to, walk up to, belly up to).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: навивам (navivam) — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Dutch: oprollen — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Estonian: käärima — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Finnish: kääriä — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Finnish: kääräistä — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • German: aufrollen — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • German: zusammenrollen — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • German: aufkrempeln — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • German: hochkrempeln — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Irish: crap — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Kalmyk: шамлх (şamlx) — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Malay: gulung — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Māori: pūhoro — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Māori: pōruku — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Māori: pōkai — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Māori: pōkaikai — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Māori: pokapokai — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Portuguese: enrolar — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Spanish: apelotonar — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Spanish: remangar — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Spanish: arremangar — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Spanish: arregazar — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Spanish: arrufaldar — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Tagalog: ililis — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Tagalog: maglilis — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Turkish: dürmek — to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape
  • Bulgarian: вдигам (vdigam) — to close a car window
  • Finnish: nostaa — to close a car window
  • Czech: vyhrnout — to make into a bundle
  • Estonian: käärima — to make into a bundle
  • Finnish: kääriä — to make into a bundle
  • Finnish: kääräistä — to make into a bundle
  • Italian: arrotolare — to make into a bundle
  • Māori: pokapokai — to make into a bundle
  • Russian: свора́чивать (svoráčivatʹ) — to make into a bundle
  • Russian: свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ) — to make into a bundle
  • Russian: сверну́ть (svernútʹ) — to make into a bundle
  • Scottish Gaelic: trus — to make into a bundle
  • Spanish: enrollar — to make into a bundle
  • Bulgarian: хвърлям (hvǎrljam) — to roll the dice
  • Finnish: heittää noppaa — to roll the dice
  • Māori: makamaka — to roll the dice
  • Esperanto: alveni — to arrive by vehicle
  • Finnish: ajaa — to arrive by vehicle