roly-poly

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A toy that rights itself when pushed over.

   “BOBO The Roly Poly Clown / Punch him—beat him—tackle him—Bobo will bounce right back with a smile!”

2. isim A short, plump person (especially a child).

   “The Germans have a great idea that you must "stärken (strengthen)" yourself. So they eat every few hours. […] The German women are plump roly-polies, as a general rule, and it is probably in consequence of this continual "strengthening."”

3. isim A forward roll or sideways roll.

   “When you are finished with circle time, dismiss your children by helping each one do a roly-poly roll (a somersault) and roll away to their next activity.”

4. isim Synonym of tumbleweed (“any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place”); specifically, the prickly Russian thistle (Kali tragus or Salsola tragus).
5. isim A baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up.

   “[page 135] "Fanny has made the roly-poly pudding," says he; "the chops are my part. Here's a fine one; try this, Goldmore." […] [page 137] The three mutton-chops consumed by him were best of the mutton kind; the potatoes were perfect of their order; as for the roly-poly, it was too good.”

6. isim In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha).

   “A roly-poly had found his way inside the house; I reasoned that the tiny varmint had crawled up the steps. […] The creatures are no more than an inch long, and when you touch them they roll themselves into a tight gray ball.”

7. isim A mischievous or worthless person; a scoundrel, a rascal.

   “Ile haue thee in league vvith theſe tvvo rovvly povvlies: they ſhal be thy Damons and thou their Pithy-aſſe; […]”

8. isim An activity or game involving rolling.

   “If this be your Play (quoth John) that vve may not be like a Quaker's dumb Meeting, let us begin ſome Diverſion; vvhat d'ye think of Rouly-Pouly, or a Country-Dance?”

9. isim A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope.

   “Often I did view the shade / Where once a nest my eyes did fill, / And often mark'd the place I play'd / At "roly poly" down the hill.”

10. isim A game in which balls are rolled along the floor to knock down pins, or bowled into holes, or thrown into hats placed on the ground.

    “"Gee, we can play Roly Poly," argued John. "We can play right in this room." / "Sure," agreed Bobby. "All we'll have to do is to make our triangle and bowling lines."”

11. isim Synonym of roulette (“a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game”).
12. sıfat Moving with a rolling and swaying motion.

    “Seianus bowed, the awkward roly-poly jerk of the fat man.”

13. sıfat Short and plump; squat.

    “She had been waiting for the little roly-poly man to tumble and roll along the deck, and had been mentally indulging her sense of humour on the scene.”

14. zarf By rolling, so as to roll.

    “Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin went roly-poly, roly; roly, poly, roly.”

15. zarf Without hesitating; directly; hence, in a thoughtless manner; indiscriminately.

    “At your pleaſure thats rare; then rovvlie, povvlie, our vviues ſhall lye at your commaund: […]”