rolloff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a motorized way, using a winch and cable.
noun
  1. A sudden large uncommanded roll to the left or right experienced by an aircraft entering a stall, resulting from one wing stalling slightly before the other and exacerbated by the reduction in aileron control authority at high angles of attack.
  2. A rolloff dumpster.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹol.ɔf/ /ˈɹoʊ.lɔf/ En-us-rolloff.ogg

Word forms

rolloff rolloffs

Etymology

Deverbal from roll off.

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