In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
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
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.
• (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
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.