Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roll in the aisles

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: rol-l in the aisles
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To laugh uproariously.

Example Sentences

"Theatregoers may not roll in the aisles when lanky Ray Bolger impersonates a window dresser retiring for the night. . . . But plenty of people will be amused by Cartoonist Robert Wildhack."
"A comedy that this site has been championing since we first got a whiff of it earlier in the year, the film is every bit as politically incorrect as we'd been led to believe, and has many members of the raucous Scottish audience rolling in the aisles."

Inflected Forms

rolls in the aisles (present, singular) rolling in the aisles (participle, present) rolled in the aisles (participle, past) rolled in the aisles (past) roll in the aisle (alternative)

Synonyms

ROFL die laughing laugh one's head off split one's sides

Questions

What does roll in the aisles mean?: To laugh uproariously.

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