accartocciare — meaning in English

English meaning

• roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
• scrunch verb To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

Senses

accartocciare is used for these senses in English:

• roll (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
• scrunch (transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

roll — full definition

1. verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
2. verb To form something into a cylindrical or spherical shape by turning it over on itself.
3. verb To begin or set something in motion, especially filming or an event.
4. noun A small individually baked piece of bread.
5. noun A cylindrical bundle of something rolled up.

scrunch — full definition

1. verb To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
2. verb To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.

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