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Definition slow roll in American English

slow roll noun

noun
1

in poker, when the winning player deliberately turns their two cards over slowly, as a way of making the losing player feel even worse

Example

A slow roll is perhaps the ugliest, most egregious breech of poker manners and etiquette possible.

2

also a verb, meaning to deliberately make something take longer than it needs to

Example

Since then, organizers say, the administration has been inappropriately and unnecessarily slow-rolling the process.

Definition slow roll in American English