loll

[lol]

verb (used without object)

1. to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge.

   to loll on a sofa.

2. to hang loosely; droop; dangle.

   The dog stood in the heat with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.

verb (used with object)

1. to allow to hang, droop, or dangle.

noun

Archaic.

1. the act of lolling.

2. a person or thing that lolls.

loll

/ lɒl /

verb

1. (intr) to lie, lean, or lounge in a lazy or relaxed manner

2. to hang or allow to hang loosely

noun

1. an act or instance of lolling

Other Word Forms

• loller noun
• lollingly adverb
• lolling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loll¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English lollen, lullen (perhaps imitative); compare Middle Dutch lollen “doze, sit near a fire”

Word History and Origins

Origin of loll¹

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

Synonym Study

See lounge.

Example Sentences

The aboatia’s long tongue lolls cartoonishly out of the corner of his mouth.

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Indeed, perked up ears with a tongue lolling does not read as scared so much as “squirrel!”

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That section once held a restaurant, a public restroom building, and several sea lion viewing holes — openings in the decking used to watch the pinnipeds lolling on the crossbeams below.

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“The city was already draped in swastikas. Bright red flags hanging, flapping, lolling like dead tongues from every corner shop … Berlin was bleeding from the inside out.”

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That seesawing piano riff on the soundtrack could be rain droplets or an improvisatory theme for a couple lolling around an open-air market trying on sunglasses.

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Related Words

• laze 
• loiter 
• lounge 
• recline 
• slouch 
• sprawl