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loll
[ lol ]
verb (used without object)
- to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge:
to loll on a sofa.
The dog stood in the heat with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.
verb (used with object)
- to allow to hang, droop, or dangle.
noun
- the act of lolling.
- a person or thing that lolls.
loll
/ lɒl /
verb
- intr to lie, lean, or lounge in a lazy or relaxed manner
- to hang or allow to hang loosely
noun
- an act or instance of lolling
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Derived Forms
- ˈlolling, adjective
- ˈloller, noun
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Other Words From
- loller noun
- lolling·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of loll1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of loll1
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Example Sentences
“All good dealers and collectors look into provenance,” says Loll.
The stones and metal rattle inEach dry and withering ear, As lackadaisical they loll,And preen themselves, and peer.
They either sit down on the carpet cross-legged, or loll on a sofa.
Women with soulless faces loll stolidly in the open ground-floor windows.
The pirates once more sat down and permitted their hot feet to loll overboard.
Did he loll in gaudy carriages, and look down with supercilious contempt on his poorer brethren?
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