Roll may refer to:

Physics and engineering

Rolling Rolling is a Motion (physics)#Types of motion, type of motion that combines rotation (commonly, of an Axial symmetry, axially symmetric object) and Translation (geometry), translation of that object with respect to a surface (either one or the ot ...

, 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

* Glossary of bowling#Roll, the final phase of bowling ball motion * Roll (gymnastics), a fundamental skill in gymnastics * Roll, a British obsolete unit of measurement for butter and cheese * Coin wrapper or roll, a container for a number of coins *

Scroll A scroll (from the Old French ''escroe'' or ''escroue''), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. Structure A scroll is usually partitioned into pages, which are sometimes separate sheets of papyru ...

, 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 * An official list of registered individuals, such as an electoral roll or the Dawes Rolls.