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aloll

aloll adjective: hanging loosely.

Adjective

aloll (not comparable)

  1. Hanging loosely.
    • The gentleman in the illustration seemed likewise stricken with awe by the sight. His hands were clasped before him as he leaned forward, eyes wide and tongue aloll.1996, Laura Parker, Risque, page 121
    • […] and the dogs trotting with their tongues aloll and footslaves following half naked and sorely burdened […]1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN

Examples of aloll in a sentence

  • Before I could loose the choking strap from her neck, she stood quite dead at the edge of my farthest field, her eyes popping and her tongue aloll.2000, Emily Barton, The Testament of Yves Gundron, page 7:
  • but when he sobered up the next day, he never recollected any of it and just waved her off, throbbing head aloll on his neck.2012, Kellie Wells, Fat Girl, Terrestrial, page 170:

Origin of aloll

From a- + loll.

Questions about aloll

What does aloll mean?
Aloll means hanging loosely.
How do you use aloll in a sentence?
Before I could loose the choking strap from her neck, she stood quite dead at the edge of my farthest field, her eyes popping and her tongue aloll.
What part of speech is aloll?
Aloll is an adjective.

Words near aloll in the dictionary

  1. aloin
  2. aloins
  3. Aloja
  4. Alok
  5. Aloka
  6. aloll
  7. alomancy
  8. Alomar
  9. Alomari
  10. Alomaris
  11. Alomars

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