roll-on
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]roll-on (not comparable)
- (of deodorant, etc.) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (dated, often in the plural) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
- 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, page 139:
- Roll-ons and lastex[sic] corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes.
- 2007 November 6, Michele Hanson, The Guardian:
- We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.
- A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.
- 1999 July 16, Laura Craik, The Guardian:
- I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.
Translations
[edit]type of corset
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cosmetic product
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]roll-on
- roll-on (cosmetic product)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of roll-on (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | roll-on | roll-onit | |
genitive | roll-onin | roll-onien | |
partitive | roll-onia | roll-oneja | |
illative | roll-oniin | roll-oneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | roll-on | roll-onit | |
accusative | nom. | roll-on | roll-onit |
gen. | roll-onin | ||
genitive | roll-onin | roll-onien | |
partitive | roll-onia | roll-oneja | |
inessive | roll-onissa | roll-oneissa | |
elative | roll-onista | roll-oneista | |
illative | roll-oniin | roll-oneihin | |
adessive | roll-onilla | roll-oneilla | |
ablative | roll-onilta | roll-oneilta | |
allative | roll-onille | roll-oneille | |
essive | roll-onina | roll-oneina | |
translative | roll-oniksi | roll-oneiksi | |
abessive | roll-onitta | roll-oneitta | |
instructive | — | roll-onein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- kieppo (dated)
- pallopullo (dated)
Further reading
[edit]- “roll-on”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English roll-on. Attested since 1965.
Noun
[edit]roll-on
Usage notes
[edit]Uninflected.
See also
[edit]- deo
- deodorant
- deodorantstift (“deodorant stick”)
- kula
- rulla
References
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- en:Underwear
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/on
- Rhymes:Finnish/on/2 syllables
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