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lulliloos

lulliloos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lulliloo.

Meaning of lulliloo

Verb

lulliloo (third-person singular simple present lulliloos or lulliloo's, present participle lullilooing or lulliloo'ing, simple past and past participle lullilooed or lulliloo'd or lulliloo'ed)

  1. To utter a high-pitched oscillating joyous cry such as is traditionally used in Africa and the Middle East.
    • Our entrance was attended with the usual ceremony, now familiar to the reader: the warmen danced, shot, and shouted, a rabble of adults, youths and boys crowded upon us, the fair sex lulliloo'd with vigor[.]1881, Bayard Taylor, The Lake Regions of Central Africa, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 147

Questions about lulliloos

What is lulliloos the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lulliloos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lulliloo.

Words near lulliloos in the dictionary

  1. lulliloo'd
  2. lulliloo'ing
  3. lulliloo's
  4. lullilooed
  5. lullilooing
  6. lulliloos
  7. lulling
  8. lullingly
  9. Lullingstone
  10. Lullington
  11. Lullism

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