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loll


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Loll  \Loll\,  v.  t. 
  To  let  hang  from  the  mouth,  as  the  tongue. 
 
  Fierce  tigers  couched  around  and  lolled  their  fawning 
  tongues.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Loll  \Loll\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lolled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lolling}.]  [Cf.  Icel.  lolla  to  act  lazily,  loll,  lolla, 
  laziness,  OD  lollen  to  sit  over  the  fire,  and  E.  lull.  Cf 
  {Lill},  {Lull}.] 
  1.  To  act  lazily  or  indolently;  to  recline;  to  lean;  to  throw 
  one's  self  down  to  lie  at  ease. 
 
  Void  of  care  he  lolls  supine  in  state.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  hand  extended  from  the  mouth,  as  the  tongue  of  an  ox  or 
  a  log  when  heated  with  labor  or  exertion. 
 
  The  triple  porter  of  the  Stygian  seat,  With  lolling 
  tongue,  lay  fawning  at  thy  feet.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  loll 
  v  1:  hang  loosely  or  laxly;  "His  tongue  lolled"  [syn:  {droop}] 
  2:  be  lazy  or  idle;  "Her  son  is  just  bumming  around  all  day" 
  [syn:  {bum  around},  {bum  about},  {arse  around},  {arse 
  about},  {loaf},  {frig  around},  {waste  one's  time},  {lounge 
  around},  {loll  around},  {lounge  about}] 




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