Reroll

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A situation in the rules of certain dice games where a player is given the option to reroll an undesirable roll of the dice.
Verb
  1. 1
    To roll, or roll out, again. transitive

    "to reroll steel"

  2. 2
    To roll (dice) again. ambitransitive

    "A player who rolls two sixes can reroll the dice for an additional turn."

  3. 3
    To convert (an unrolled instruction sequence) back into a loop. transitive

    "Their procedure is to unroll the loop once, trace schedule the two iterations, and then reroll the loop into one."

  4. 4
    To try again for a different result.

Example

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"A player who rolls two sixes can reroll the dice for an additional turn."

Etymology

From re- + roll.

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