Loll
[lɒl] or [lɑl]
Definition
(v. i.) To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.
(v. i.) To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion.
(v. i.) To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow.
(v. t.) To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Lounge, recline, lean, sprawl, lie at ease.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lounge, recline
ANT:Rise, stir
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Definition
v.i. to lie lazily about to lounge: to hang out from the mouth.—v.t. to thrust out (the tongue).—n. Loll′er.—adv. Loll′ingly.—v.i. Loll′op to lounge idle: (coll.) to be moved heavily about.
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Examples
- Pa would loll directly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I wish to goodness, Ma,' said Lavvy, throwing herself back among the cushions, with her arms crossed, 'that you'd loll a little. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Saxon churls, lolling at their lazy length! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You should learn to think of other people; and, take my word for it, it is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The guard lolled before the unbarred gate of the cage which confined me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Halliday giggled, and lolled his head back, vaguely. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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