barrel roll

noun

: an airplane maneuver in which a complete revolution about the longitudinal axis is made

: a usually accidental occurrence in which a vehicle rolls completely over along its longitudinal axis

If the accident is violent enough to cause a couple of barrel rolls, the car will do so, despite the flaps.—

Connie Steele

barrel-roll verb, transitive + intransitive

He once flipped a car at 225 miles per hour and barrel-rolled another at 307 mph. —

Preston Lerner

Examples of barrel roll in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This makes the Pencil sensitive to certain types of movement, like a barrel roll. —

Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 May 2024 Asti can play the drums, and Bowie can do barrel rolls. —

Candi Bolden, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024 This ride is the first in the U.S. to have a barrel roll drop, or a drop where the riders twist in the air, from a 10-story hill. —

Nic Napier, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023 The car made more than six barrel rolls and came to a stop upside down up against a tire barrier. —

Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for barrel roll

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