ROLY-POLY


Meaning of ROLY-POLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrəulɪˈpəulɪ ]

n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 (also roly-poly pudding) a pudding made of a strip of suet pastry covered with jam etc., formed into a roll, and boiled or baked. 2 US a tumbler toy. 3 Austral. a bushy plant, esp. Salsola kali, that breaks off and is rolled by the wind. --adj. (usu. of a child) podgy, plump. [prob. formed on ROLL]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.