Antonyms for loll
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lol |
| Phonetic Transcription : lÉ’l |
Definition of loll
Origin :- mid-14c., lollen "to lounge idly, hang loosely," perhaps related to Middle Dutch lollen "to doze, mumble," or somehow imitative of rocking or swinging. Specifically of the tongue from 1610s. Related: Lolled; lolling. As a noun, from 1709.
- verb lay sprawled
- We are not meant to loll at our devotions, as the lecturer told us.
- Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner
- Loll was straight before me, gesticulating and shouting to his men.
- Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- That is why you are for ever sleeping, and why you loll and rest at all times.
- Extract from : « Roger the Bold » by F. S. Brereton
- They loll on their mustangs, lazily worrying out the long hours.
- Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage
- Make them a reproach, and all that pass by them to loll out their tongues at them!
- Extract from : « Library Notes » by A. P. Russell
- He might take it in his hands and bear it to his lips and kiss it; he might lean and loll and kiss her.
- Extract from : « Spring Days » by George Moore
- It was too hot much of the time to do more than loll about the porches with a book or some sewing.
- Extract from : « Clark's Field » by Robert Herrick
- What do you think this is, a liner where you can loll around and look pretty?
- Extract from : « The Battleship Boys at Sea » by Frank Gee Patchin
- To-day we have done nothing but loll about and play croquet.
- Extract from : « The Visits of Elizabeth » by Elinor Glyn
- He did not loll back in his chair then and start taking it easy.
- Extract from : « Certain Success » by Norval A. Hawkins
Synonyms for loll
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