lolling

2 definitions found

lolling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Loll \Loll\ (l[o^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lolled (l[o^]ld); 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; as, to loll around the
        house on a lazy summer day.
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              Void of care, he lolls supine in state. --Dryden.
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     2. To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or
        a log when heated with labor or exertion.
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              The triple porter of the Stygian seat,
              With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     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.
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lolling - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "lolling":
     accumbent, couchant, couche, crawling, dallying, dawdling,
     decumbent, dillydallying, dolce far niente, draped, flat,
     goofing off, groveling, idling, lazing, lingering, loafing,
     loitering, lounging, lying, mopery, procumbent, prone, prostrate,
     reclining, recumbent, reposing, resupine, sprawled, sprawling,
     spread, supine, tarrying, trifling