Lolling
[lol] /lɒl/
verb (used without object)
1.
to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge:
to loll on a sofa.
2.
to hang loosely; droop; dangle:
The dog stood in the heat with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.
verb (used with object)
3.
to allow to hang, droop, or dangle.
noun, Archaic.
4.
the act of lolling.
5.
a person or thing that lolls.
/lɒl/
verb
1.
(intransitive) to lie, lean, or lounge in a lazy or relaxed manner
2.
to hang or allow to hang loosely
noun
3.
an act or instance of lolling
v.
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.
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