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English Dictionary: loll by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loll
v
  1. hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: droop, loll]
  2. be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
    Synonym(s): 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loll \Loll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lolling}.] [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loll \Loll\, v. t.
      To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.
  
               Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning
               tongues.                                                --Dryden.
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