loll | meaning of loll in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ...

loll | meaning of loll in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 loll From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English loll loll / lɒl $ lɑːl / verb 1 [ intransitive always + adverb/preposition ] SIT LIE DOWN to sit or lie in a very lazy and relaxed way SYN lounge loll around/about/beside etc He lolled back in his chair. 2 [ intransitive, transitive ] DOWN if your head or tongue lolls or if you loll your head, you allow it to hang in a relaxed uncontrolled way → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus loll • Her smooth tongue, gleaming , lolled . • The heavy brown head lolled a flushed cheek on the red cushion that supported his bandaged shoulder . • They loll about in gorgeousness; they live for art ; they believe in excess . • He lolled around in the Florida sunshine . • Miss Grantly poured lukewarm tea out of a silver teapot and then lolled back gracefully in her chair . • Hayman dropped the receiver back into its cradle and lolled back in his chair, sighing to himself. • Or you lolled in the quiet currents and dozed . • Had I dreamt up Mr Fry lolling there in the rectangle of the doorway ? • Min was blind and rode in a wheelchair , her head lolling to one side. loll around/about/beside etc • They loll about in gorgeousness; they live for art; they believe in excess. • They ventured under its rays for breakfast and tea and lolled about in it during the afternoons . • Various members of the cast were lolling about the Green Room, in various stages of shell-shock. Origin loll ( 1300-1400 ) Probably copying the action Quizzes Quizzes Take our quick quizzes to practise your vocabulary. We have thousands of six-question quizzes to try. Choose from collocations, synonyms, phrasal verbs and more. Pictures of the day What are these? Click on the pictures to check. Explore topics Other games Government Food, dish Optics See all topics Word of the day gush if a liquid gushes, it flows or pours out quickly and in large quantities Verb table loll Simple Form Present I, you, we, they loll he, she, it lolls > View More Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they lolled Present perfect I, you, we, they have lolled he, she, it has lolled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had lolled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will loll Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have lolled > View Less Continuous Form Present I am lolling he, she, it is lolling > View More you, we, they are lolling Past I, he, she, it was lolling you, we, they were lolling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been lolling he, she, it has been lolling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been lolling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be lolling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been lolling > View Less Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Copyright and legal Pearson Languages About LDOCE How to use