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lolls

lolls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of loll.

Meaning of loll

Verb

loll (third-person singular simple present lolls, present participle lolling, simple past and past participle lolled)

  1. (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
    • And think'ſt thou, Jove himſelf, with Patience then / Can hear a Pray'r condemn'd by wicked Men? / That, void of Care, he lolls ſupine in State, / And leaves his Bus'neſs to be done by Fate?1726, Aulus Persius Flaccus; John Dryden, transl., “The Second Satyr”, in The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden, published in The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of...
    Synonyms:
    relax, slack, slacken
  2. (intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
    • Nor thy reſiſtleſs Arm the Bull withſtood: / Nor He the roaring Terror of the Wood. / The triple Porter of the Stygian seat, / With lolling Tongue, lay fawning at thy Feet: / And, ſeiz'd with Fear, forgot his mangled Meat.1697, Virgil, “The Eighth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, pages 445–446...
  3. (ambitransitive) To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth.
    • The ox stood lolling in the furrow.

Phrases with lolls

Questions about lolls

What is lolls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lolls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of loll.

Words near lolls in the dictionary

  1. lollopings
  2. lollops
  3. lollopy
  4. lollpoop
  5. lollpoops
  6. lolls
  7. lolls about
  8. lolls around
  9. lolly
  10. lolly cake
  11. lolly ice

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