Definition of slow (one's) roll

slow (one's) roll

verb

• to slow down.

  Slow your roll.

  Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Courtney C. from Morristown, NJ, USA on May 04 2002.

• to stop a certain behavior, such as drinking too much or too quickly, getting loud and obnoxious in a bar, or spending too much money.

  Hey, slow your roll with those shots!

  Slow your roll! It's my play! (In the game of dominoes, to indicate that someone is playing out of turn.)

  Hey, slow your roll!

  Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Wendi L. from Houston, TX, USA on May 20 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'roll':
bog roll	Definitions include: toilet paper.
FOCROFLOL	Definitions include: acronym for "falling off chair, rolling on floor, laughing out loud".
FOTFL	Definitions include: rolling on the floor laughing
get the ball rolling	Definitions include: to start a process.
jelly roll	Definitions include: sex.
like rolling off a log	Definitions include: very easy to do.
make heads roll	Definitions include: to punish one or more people due to a mistake, usually in a workplace environment or business context.
Michigan bank roll	Definitions include: a wad of currency in small denominations with a large denomination bill around the outside to make it look like more money.
nut-roll	Definitions include: an extremely painful event, akin to having your testicles overrun by a steamroller.
on a roll	Definitions include: performing well.
Rick roll	Definitions include: to click a link on the web and be taken to a site other than the one anticipated.
rock and roll	Definitions include: to initiate an action.
rock 'n' roll	Definitions include: "that's great!"
ROFL	Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing".
ROFLMAO	Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing my ass off".
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Other terms relating to 'slow':
slow	Definitions include: unintelligent.
slow time	Definitions include: physically near a time zone boundary, the earlier of the two times.
slow up	Definitions include: slow down.

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