LOLL

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

(verb) be lazy or idle; “Her son is just bumming around all day”

droop, loll

(verb) hang loosely or laxly; “His tongue lolled”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

loll (third-person singular simple present lolls, present participle lolling, simple past and past participle lolled)

(intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]

(intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]

(ambitransitive) To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

Synonyms

• (to act lazily or indolently): relax, slack, slacken

Source: Wiktionary


Loll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Lolling.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. lolla to act lazily, loll, lolla, laziness, OD. lollen to sit over the fire, and E. lull. Cf. Lill, Lull.]

1. To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease. Void of care, he lolls supine in state. Dryden.

2. To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion. The triple porter of the Stygian seat, With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet. Dryden .

3. To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow.

Loll, v. t.

Definition: To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue. Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning tongues. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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