roll-on

roll-on

See also: Rollon and roll on

English

Adjective

roll-on (not comparable)

1. (of deodorant, etc.) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.

Noun

roll-on (plural roll-ons)

1. (dated, often in the plural) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
   • 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, p. 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, Michele Hanson, The Guardian, 6 Nov 2007:

     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.

2. 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, Laura Craik, The Guardian, 16 Jul 1999:

     I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.

Translations

type of corset

cosmetic product

Finnish: roll-on

Anagrams

• no-roll

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Finnish

Noun

roll-on

1. roll-on (cosmetic product)

Declension

Inflection of roll-on (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	roll-onein
abessive		roll-onitta	roll-oneitta
comitative		—	roll-oneineen

Synonyms

• kieppo (dated)
• pallopullo (dated)