MEANING
1. To rest or lie in a relaxed, loose posture.
2. To hang or project in a loose, relaxed manner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- loll in a chair
- loll on cushions
On the page
He lolled across the bench with his boots still on.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- loll
- Past tense
- lolled
- Past participle
- lolled
- Present participle
- lolling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- loll
- Present continuous
- am/is/are lolling
- Present perfect
- have/has lolled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been lolling
- Past
- lolled
- Past continuous
- was/were lolling
- Past perfect
- had lolled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been lolling
- Future
- will loll
- Future continuous
- will be lolling
- Future perfect
- will have lolled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been lolling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: loll; lolls; lolled; lolled; lolling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: lolls.
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