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Meaning of LOLL

Pronunciation:  lâl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
  2. [v]  hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"
 
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 Synonyms: arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, droop, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time
 
 See Also: dangle, drop, idle, laze, slug, stagnate, swing

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Loll\, v. t.
    To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.
          Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning
          tongues.                                 --Dryden.
    
 
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