English Dictionary

roly-poly

/ˌɹəʊlɪˈpəʊli/

noun

(colloquial) A short, plump person. / (Britain) A steamed pudding made from suet pastry containing jam or fruit. / (gymnastics) A forward roll or sideways roll.

I saw a cute roly-poly in the garden.

意味（1）

(colloquial) A short, plump person.

In a few weeks ‘our baby’ was a regular roly-poly, fat and frolicsome. Has she forgotten all the neglect? God grant it.

意味（2）

(Britain) A steamed pudding made from suet pastry containing jam or fruit.

Dinner began and proceeded till the last piece of the roly-poly pudding was consumed, though not by Cyril

意味（3）

(gymnastics) A forward roll or sideways roll.

When you are finished with circle time, dismiss your children by helping each one do a roly-poly roll (a somersault) and roll away to their next activity.

意味（4）

A terrestrial crustacean of suborder Oniscidea; pill bug, potato bug or sowbug.

Terrestrial isopods, commonly known as pill bugs, sow bugs, or roly-polys, are generally familiar to most of us.

意味（5）

A toy that rights itself when pushed over.

BOBO The Roly Poly Clown ¶ Punch him — beat him — tackle him — Bobo will bounce right back with a smile!

意味（6）

(uncountable) An old game in which balls are bowled into holes or thrown into hats placed on the ground.

Roly Poly is a very old English game. It is sometimes played in England with hats instead of holes, and it is then often called Egg Hat.