A toy that rights itself when pushed over. • A short, plump person (especially a child). • A forward roll or sideways roll. • Synonym of tumbleweed (“any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place”); specifically, the prickly Russian thistle (Kali tragus or Salsola tragus). • A baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up. • In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha). • A mischievous or worthless person; a scoundrel, a rascal. • An activity or game involving rolling. • A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope. • A game in which balls are rolled along the floor to knock down pins, or bowled into holes, or thrown into hats placed on the ground. • Synonym of roulette (“a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game”).