Definition
To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib.
In Context
- ""Coddling criminals"—the alliteration makes it roll pleasantly off the tongue!"
- "[H]e repeated under his breath: "The Rock of Chickamauga! The Rock of Chickamauga!" It rolled resoundingly off the tongue, and he liked it."
- "Pilobolus is a word so fine and fat as it rolls off the tongue that, like a kitten or a May morning, it needs no meaning."
- "Oh, the rhythm of my heart / Is beatin' like a drum / With the words "I love you" / Rolling off my tongue"
- "I'm a fan of Aaron Sorkin. . . . I just like the way his dialogue rolls off the tongue. I like to hear people say the words he writes."