loll

/lɔl/

Thân thiện

The dog's tongue lolls out of its mouth as it naps in the sun.

Definition

1. Verb (intransitive):

   • To recline, lean, or sit in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner: To be in a position of rest that shows a lack of energy or effort.
   • To hang or droop loosely and laxly: To dangle or extend in a loose, relaxed way, often without control.

2. Verb (transitive):

   • To allow (something, especially a part of the body) to hang or rest loosely: To let something droop or relax in a limp manner.

Usage and Examples

• Intransitive Verb (to be lazy/idle):

  • After the big meal, they just lolled on the sofas, too full to move.
  • He spent the summer lolling by the pool instead of looking for a job.

• Intransitive Verb (to hang loosely):

  • The dog's tongue lolled out of its mouth as it panted in the heat.
  • Her head lolled to one side as she fell asleep in the car.

• Transitive Verb (to let something hang):

  • The tired child lolled his head against his mother's shoulder.
  • She lolled her arm over the side of the boat, letting her fingers trail in the water.

Advanced Usage

• "To loll about/around": To spend time lazily, doing very little.
  • He spent the weekend lolling about the house in his pajamas.
• "To loll against/on": To lean or rest on something in a relaxed, often ungainly, way.
  • The cat lolled against the warm radiator.

Variants and Related Words

• Lolling (adjective/participle): Describing something that hangs or rests in a loose, relaxed way.
  • He watched the lolling heads of the sleepy students.
• Loller (noun, rare): A person who lolls; an idler.

Synonyms

• Intransitive (lazy sense): Lounge, sprawl, loaf, idle, laze.
• Intransitive/Transitive (loose sense): Dangle, droop, flop, hang, sag.

Antonyms

• Intransitive (lazy sense): Work, toil, exert, strive.
• Intransitive/Transitive (loose sense): Tense, stiffen, tighten.

Phrasal Verbs and Common Collocations

• Loll about/around: (phrasal verb) To be idle or spend time lazily.
  • Stop lolling around and help me clean up!
• Loll out: (phrasal verb) Often used for a tongue hanging out.
  • The dog's tongue was lolling out.
• Loll against/on: (phrasal verb) To lean limply on something.
  • She was lolling against the wall, waiting for her friend.

Idioms and Figurative Use

• While "loll" itself is not commonly used in many idioms, it vividly describes a state of complete relaxation or lack of tension. It can be used figuratively to describe something limp or inactive.
  • Flags lolled from their poles on the windless day. (Figurative use for a flag hanging limply.)

Học thuật

Verb

1. be lazy or idle
   • Her son is just bumming around all day
2. hang loosely or laxly
   • His tongue lolled

Từ đồng nghĩa

• droop