lollop

Syllables: lol·lop/ˈlɒləp/

lollop verb: to walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.

Verb

lollop (third-person singular simple present lollops, present participle lolloping, simple past and past participle lolloped)

To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
- Every available spyglass was directed towards this strange sail. It appeared, as we all watched it, to lollop up and down, as it were, with the jerk of the sea, according to no regular motion of a ship or boat.1861, “Chinese Slaves Adrift”, in All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal, volume 5, page 251
- And the Camel said ‘Humph!’ again; but no sooner had he said it than he saw his back, that he was so proud of, puffing up and puffing up into a great big lolloping humph.1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Camel Got His Hump”, in Just So Stories: For Little Children, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC
(obsolete) To act lazily, loll, lie around.
- “Here’s fine discipline on-board, when such lazy, skulking sons of bitches as you are allowed, on pretence of sickness, to lollop at your ease, while your betters are kept to hard duty!”1748, Tobias Smollett, chapter 34, in The Adventures of Roderick Random
- Mr. Meadows, who was seated in the middle of the box, was lolloping upon the table with his customary ease, and picking his teeth with his usual inattention to all about him.1782, [Frances Burney], chapter 12, in Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: […] T[homas] Payne and Son […], and T[homas] Cadell […], →OCLC, book...

தடுமாறிவிழு, தள்ளாடு நடை

The carts rattle by, swinging from side to side; two Chinamen lollop along under their wooden yokes with the straining vegetable baskets—their pigtails and blue blouses fly out in the wind.1920 August 27, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable...
The other buffalo also extricated itself from the slime and lolloped away.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers...
And no wonder it was so long coming, the horses were only just lolloping along; because it wasn't the coach that carried the mails.1934, Henry Handel Richardson, The End of a Childhood, section III:
After a flamboyant snare drum roll intro, the catchy plinky-plonky piano melody is joined by lolloping xylophone and flutes.2016 October 31, Neil McKim, “80 Years of TV theme tunes”, in BBC Music Magazine:

third-person singular present	lollops
present participle	lolloping
past participle	lolloped
past	lolloped

Imitative. Compare loll.

What does lollop mean?: Lollop means to walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
What is lollop in Tamil?: Lollop in Tamil is தடுமாறிவிழு, தள்ளாடு நடை. See Lollop meaning in Tamil.
How do you use lollop in a sentence?: The carts rattle by, swinging from side to side; two Chinamen lollop along under their wooden yokes with the straining vegetable baskets—their pigtails and blue blouses fly out in the wind.
What part of speech is lollop?: Lollop is a verb.
How do you pronounce lollop?: Lollop is pronounced /ˈlɒləp/.
What is the past tense of lollop?: The past tense of lollop is lolloped.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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