rollingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈrəʊ.lɪŋ/us/ˈroʊ.lɪŋ/rolling adjective [ before noun ] (GRADUAL)
gradual:
The plan is for a rolling extension of the tax over the next ten years.
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Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- hang around
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- jog
- labour
- slowpoke
- sluggish
- snail
- steadily
- steady
- struggle
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rolling adjective [ before noun ] (OF HILLS)
(of hills) gently rising and falling:
The train journey took us through a valley past rolling hills.
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Geography: hills & mountains
- alpine
- arête
- Ben
- butte
- cirque
- cliff
- clifftop
- col
- drumlin
- hilltop
- hilly
- hummock
- incline
- knoll
- mountainous
- mountainside
- orographic
- ridge
- sheer
- shelf
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Idiom(s)
a rolling stone (gathers no moss)