lolling (verb)

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• loll — verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to sit or lie in a very lazy and relaxed way (+ around/about/beside etc): We spent our vacation lolling around beside the pool. 2 (I, T) if your head or tongue lolls or if you loll your head, you allow it… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• loll — [[t]lɒ̱l[/t]] lolls, lolling, lolled 1) VERB If you loll somewhere, you sit or lie in a very relaxed position. [V prep/adv] He was lolling on the sofa in the shadows near the fire... [V prep/adv] He lolled back in his comfortable chair. Syn:… …   English dictionary

• loll around — PHRASAL VERB If you loll about or loll around, you enjoy yourself by sitting or lying in a relaxed way. [V P prep] Her husband dreams about lolling about on the deck and taking long snoozes in the afternoon sun. [V P n] ...spending afternoons… …   English dictionary

• loll — UK [lɒl] / US [lɑl] verb [intransitive] Word forms loll : present tense I/you/we/they loll he/she/it lolls present participle lolling past tense lolled past participle lolled 1) to sit, stand, or lie in a relaxed position loll back/around/about… …   English dictionary

• loll´er — loll «lol», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to recline or lean in a lazy manner; »to loll on a sofa. 2. to hang loosely or droop; dangle: »A dog s tongue lolls out in hot weather. ... babies with their little round heads lolling forward (George Eliot). –v.t …   Useful english dictionary

• idle — I. adjective (idler; idlest) Etymology: Middle English idel, from Old English īdel; akin to Old High German ītal worthless Date: before 12th century 1. lacking worth or basis ; vain < idle chatter > < idle pleasure > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• loll — I. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to hang loosely or laxly ; droop 2. to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner ; lounge transitive verb to let droop or dangle Synonyms …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• loll — /lɒl / (say lol) verb (i) 1. to recline or lean in a relaxed or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa. 2. to hang loosely or droopingly. –verb (t) 3. to allow to hang or droop. –noun 4. an act or posture of lolling. 5. Obsolete someone or… …  

• loll — [ lal ] verb intransitive 1. ) to sit, stand, or lie in a relaxed position: loll back/around etc.: I spent the day lolling around on the sofa watching TV. 2. ) if your tongue or your head lolls, it hangs down in an uncontrolled way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• idle — adj 1 *vain, nugatory, otiose, empty, hollow Analogous words: fruitless, bootless, *futile, vain: *ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious: trivial, paltry, *petty, trifling Contrasted words: significant, pregnant, meaningful (see …   New Dictionary of Synonyms