loll

[lol]

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verb (used without object)

to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.

to hang loosely; droop; dangle: 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 Archaic.

the act of lolling.

a person or thing that lolls.

Origin of loll

1300–50; Middle English lollen, lullen (perhaps imitative); compare Middle Dutch lollen doze, sit over the fire

Related formsloll·er, nounloll·ing·ly, adverb

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Related Words for loll

sprawl, slouch, recline, lounge, loiter, laze, loaf, dangle, droop, relax, slump, lean, sag, drop, hang, rest, flop, idle, dawdle, bum

Examples from the Web for loll

Contemporary Examples of loll

“All good dealers and collectors look into provenance,” says Loll.
Why eBay Is an Art Forger’s Paradise
Lizzie Crocker
August 19, 2014

Historical Examples of loll

We are not meant to loll at our devotions, as the lecturer told us.
The Nebuly Coat
John Meade Falkner
Loll was straight before me, gesticulating and shouting to his men.
Burlesques
William Makepeace Thackeray
That is why you are for ever sleeping, and why you loll and rest at all times.
Roger the Bold
F. S. Brereton
They loll on their mustangs, lazily worrying out the long hours.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas
Richard Henry Savage
Make them a reproach, and all that pass by them to loll out their tongues at them!
Library Notes
A. P. Russell

British Dictionary definitions for loll

loll

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

Derived Formsloller, nounlolling, adjective

Word Origin for loll

C14: perhaps imitative; perhaps related to Middle Dutch lollen to doze

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Word Origin and History for loll

mid-14c., lollen "to lounge idly, hang loosely," perhaps related to Middle Dutch lollen "to doze, mumble," or somehow imitative of rocking or swinging. Specifically of the tongue from 1610s. Related: Lolled; lolling. As a noun, from 1709.