lollop
British Dialect. to loll; lounge.
to move forward with a bounding or leaping motion.
Origin of lollop
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How to use lollop in a sentence
All those middle-aged painted women, in beautiful clothes, lolloping round ball-rooms with rather old young men.
The Circle | W. Somerset MaughamAnd what do you do, lolloping, there on them blessed Stocks?
Little sleep had been indulged in though much lolloping about.
The Story of The Atlantic Cable | Charles BrightA hare came lolloping over the valley bottom, quite at his ease.
Lore of Proserpine | Maurice HewlettHe went to the door and whistled, and instantly a large reddish creature came lolloping in.
Sugar Plum | Reginald Bretnor
British Dictionary definitions for lollop
/ (ˈlɒləp) /
to walk or run with a clumsy or relaxed bouncing movement
a less common word for lounge
Origin of lollop
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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