lulls

Noun

lull (plural lulls)

1. A period of rest or soothing.
2. A period of reduced activity; a respite.
   • After this departure there is a lull—one can almost feel the weary station breathing thankfulness!—broken only by the car-sleeper departing at 10.25 from Platform 6 […]. There is normally another lull from 1.45 to 4.30 a.m. till the daily round begins again, […].1959 October, T. W. E. Roche, “Traffic Working at Dover Marine Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 682
3. A period without waves or wind.
   • […] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]1839, The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1839, page 26
4. An extended pause between sets of waves.
   • It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.1992, John Warlaumont, The Noaa Diving Manual, page 19-19

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