barrel-rollv.
/ˈbarəlrəʊl/, /ˈbarl̩rəʊl/, U.S. /ˈbɛrəlˌroʊl/ intransitive. Of an aircraft, pilot, vehicle, etc.: to do or execute a barrel roll (in various senses). See barrel roll n.
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1919 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 22 Apr. 8/5 They looped, barrel-rolled, did the Immelman turn, and played any number of similar pranks.
1972 N.Y. Times 23 Apr. xiii. 8/5 The young driver was running at the head of the fleet during last year's world championship when his boat barrel-rolled in two complete turns.
2005 J. MacGregor Sunday Money ii. 37 The..car got turned sideways and took air and barrel-rolled seven or eight times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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v.1919- to return an office
- to return fire
- to return ignoramus
- to return not empty
- to return one's partner's lead
- to return something upon a person's head
- to return thanks
- to return the compliment
- to return to face a person
- to return to nature
- to return to one's muttons
- to return to one's sense
- to return to one's senses
- to return to oneself
- to return to our sheep
- to return to the charge
- to return upon a person's head
- to reverse charges
- to reverse the charges
- to reverse the medal
- to revert to type
- to rewrite the record book
- to rewrite the record books
- to rhyme to death
- to ribands