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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
forward roll
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I don't want to do a forward roll because that's what a stuntman does.
▪ Oxford gave the 54,000 crowd the imperfect example of pressure, a sustained forward roll that yielded exactly zero.

Usage examples of "forward roll".

She was out of her vehicle on a forward roll and came up with her weapon drawn.

The creature pounded him hard between the shoulder blades, launching him into a forward roll that ended abruptly when he crashed against some of the cairn rocks.

He recognized Tanya as she went into a forward roll and twisted back the way she had come.

Gregorius himself waits until the final second to kill his forward velocity, does a complete forward roll at the last instant, applies full thruster, and feels his heavy soles touch hullplate with hardly a tap.

He pushed himself into a forward roll that brought him up to a crouch, and looked down into the hole.

Mara spun about to face Yomin Carr, dived into a forward roll to regain her balance and to avoid any forthcoming attacks.