Cryptic crossword clue
On the beat, Pat misses being rich 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ROLLING

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What does ROLLING mean?

1. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
2. To turn over and over.
3. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
4. To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
5. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
6. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
7. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
8. To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
9. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
10. To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
11. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
12. To leave or begin a journey.
13. To compete, especially with vigor.
14. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
15. To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
16. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
17. To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
18. To throw dice.
19. To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
20. To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
21. To generate a random number.
22. (of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
23. (in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
24. To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
25. To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
26. To betray secrets.
27. To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
28. (of a camera) To (cause to) film.
29. To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
30. To have a rolling aspect.
31. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
32. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
33. To move and cause an effect on someone
34. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
35. To utter with an alveolar trill.
36. To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
37. To create a customized version of.
38. To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.

1. The act by which something is rolled.

1. Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
2. Staggered in time and space; used with blackout, brownout, introduction.
3. Moving by turning over and over on an axis.
4. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
5. Making a continuous sound.

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