barrel roll
English
editNoun
editbarrel roll (plural barrel rolls)
- (aviation) An aerobatic flying maneuver in which the pilot causes the airplane to complete one loop in the same time that the airplane completes one roll, creating the appearance that the airplane is riding on the inside of a cylinder.
- A movement (usually during a car crash) where a car flips on its roof, then falls back on its wheels after doing at least one full 360° horizontal rotation.
Coordinate terms
edit(aerobatic maneuver):
(car maneuver):
Translations
editaerobatic maneuver
full 360° horizontal rotation by a car
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Verb
editbarrel roll (third-person singular simple present barrel rolls, present participle barrel rolling, simple past and past participle barrel rolled)
- To perform a barrel roll.