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View synonyms for snap roll

snap roll

1

noun

, Aeronautics.
  1. a maneuver in which an airplane makes a rapid and complete revolution about its longitudinal axis while maintaining approximately level flight.

snap-roll

2

[ snap-rohl ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to put (an airplane) through the maneuver of a snap roll.

verb (used without object)

  1. to execute a snap roll.

snap roll

noun

  1. a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a fast roll
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snap roll1

First recorded in 1930–35

Origin of snap roll2

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

As I pulled up this time I kicked the ship into a double snap roll as I climbed.

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