# rolling

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,194

## Definitions
1. Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
2. Staggered in time and space.
3. Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
4. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
5. Making a continuous sound.
6. Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
7. having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
8. Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).

## Etymology
By surface analysis, roll + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **ruling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-ruling)
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rowing)
- **roving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-roving)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rooting)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-routing)
- **Rollins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rollins)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rotting)
- **rowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rowling)
- **roofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-roofing)
- **rousing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rousing)
- **rocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rolling)
- **roaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaring-vs-rolling)
- **roaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaming-vs-rolling)
- **robbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbing-vs-rolling)
- **railing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/railing-vs-rolling)
- **reeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-rolling)
- **rifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rifling-vs-rolling)
- **rallying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rallying-vs-rolling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`orlling`, `rloling`, `rolilng`, `roling`, `rollign`, `rollingg`, `rollinng`, `rollnig`, `rrolling`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rolling