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rouler — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
  • fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
  • have verb To own or possess something.
  • ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  • rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.
  • trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.
  • wheel noun A circular object that turns on a central axis, used for movement or to power machinery.

Senses

rouler is used for these senses in English:

  • drive (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
  • finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
  • fool (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
  • have (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
  • ride (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]
  • roll (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
  • roll (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
  • roll (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.

drive — full definition

  1. verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  2. verb To motivate, push, or compel someone or something toward an outcome.
  3. noun A journey made in a vehicle.
  4. noun Strong motivation or determination to achieve something.
  5. noun A device used to store and retrieve computer data.

finagle — full definition

  1. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
  2. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
  3. verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

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