The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WHEEL
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More clues leading to the result WHEEL
- Make circular motion with part of foot
- Parade order with list
- Excited cry over Lenin's first revolutionary device
- Raised mark in oral exam makes you twirl about
- Turn and streak for an audience
- Feature of vehicle brings shout of delight to one kind of driver
- Roll with slope
- Turn with back of foot
- Roll with end of loaf
- Turn with part of the foot
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The straight part
We know that "Roll" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case roll = wheel.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WHEEL mean?
WHEEL noun- A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
- A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- A wheelrim.
- A round portion of cheese.
- A Catherine wheel firework.
- A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
- A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
- A recurring or cyclical course of events.
- A dollar.
- A crown coin; a "cartwheel".
- To roll along on wheels.
- To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
- To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
- To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
- To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
- To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
- To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.