Wallow
verb (used without object)
1.
to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment:
Goats wallowed in the dust.
2.
to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel:
to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality.
3.
to flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with difficulty:
A gunboat wallowed toward port.
4.
to surge up or billow forth, as smoke or heat:
Waves of black smoke wallowed into the room.
noun
5.
an act or instance of wallowing.
6.
a place in which animals wallow:
hog wallow; an elephant wallow.
7.
the indentation produced by animals wallowing:
a series of wallows across the farmyard.
verb (intransitive)
1.
(esp of certain animals) to roll about in mud, water, etc, for pleasure
2.
to move about with difficulty
3.
to indulge oneself in possessions, emotion, etc: to wallow in self-pity
4.
(of smoke, waves, etc) to billow
noun
5.
the act or an instance of wallowing
6.
a muddy place or depression where animals wallow
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