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LOLL

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be lazy or idle

Example:

Her son is just bumming around all day

Synonyms:

arse about; arse around; bum; bum about; bum around; frig around; fuck off; loaf; loll; loll around; lounge about; lounge around; waste one's time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "loll" is one way to...):

idle; laze; slug; stagnate (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hang loosely or laxly

Example:

His tongue lolled

Synonyms:

droop; loll

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "loll" is one way to...):

dangle; drop; swing (hang freely)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence examples:

The children loll in the rocking chair

There loll some children in the rocking chair

Credits

 Context examples: 

But if it be your wish to loll and loiter in these glades, bartering glory and renown for vile gold and ill-gotten riches, then ye must find another leader; for I have lived in honor, and in honor I trust that I shall die.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The tongues of all were out and lolling, the white fangs showing cruelly white in the moonlight.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He lay down to rest on the other side of the open, near the edge of the bushes, his tongue lolling out, his chest heaving and panting, his nose still hurting him and causing him to continue his whimper.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Fly, my lady, fly! he screeched, and whizzed past them like bolt from bow; while close behind came lumbering a huge black bear, with red tongue lolling from his mouth, and a broken chain jangling behind him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then the rope tightened mercilessly, while Buck struggled in a fury, his tongue lolling out of his mouth and his great chest panting futilely.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)