loll

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

loll, v. i. [Cf. Icel. lolla to act lazily, loll, lolla, laziness, OD. lollen to sit over the fire, and E. lull. Cf. Lill, Lull.].

•  To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease; as, to loll around the house on a lazy summer day.  [1913 Webster]

  "Void of care, he lolls supine in state."  [1913 Webster]
•  To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion.  [1913 Webster]

  "The triple porter of the Stygian seat,
  With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

loll, v. t. 

 To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.  [1913 Webster]
"Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning tongues."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

loll, v.
1 intr. stand, sit, or recline in a lazy attitude.
2 intr. (foll. by out) (of the tongue) hang out.
3 tr. (foll. by out) hang (one's tongue) out.
4 tr. let (one's head or limbs) rest lazily on something.

Derivative

loller n.

Etymology

ME: prob. imit.

THESAURUS

loll

bed, bed down, bum, bum around, couch, crawl, curl up, diddle, do nothing, droop, go to bed, go to rest, goof off, grovel, hang around, idle, lay, laze, lazy, lie, lie around, lie down, lie flat, lie limply, lie prone, lie prostrate, loaf, loiter, loiter about, loll around, lollop, lollop around, lop, lounge, lounge around, mooch around, moon, moon around, recline, repose, rest, settle to rest, sit around, slouch, slouch around, slump, snug down, sprawl, stand around, take it easy, take life easy, trollop

ROGET THESAURUS

loll

Inactivity

VB be inactive, do nothing, move slowly, let the grass grow under one's feet, take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil, lag, hang back, slouch, loll, lollop, lounge, poke, loaf, loiter, go to sleep over, sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile, take it easy, take things as they come, lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness, loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence, waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time, burn daylight, waste the precious hours, idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time, spend time in, take time in, peddle, piddle, potter, pudder, dabble, faddle fribble, fiddle-faddle, dally, dilly-dally, sleep, slumber, be asleep, hibernate, oversleep, sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse, sleep soundly, heavily, doze, drowze, snooze, nap, take a nap, dream, snore one's best, settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep, doze off, drop off, fall asleep, drop asleep, close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids, weigh down the eyelids, get sleep, nod, yawn, go to bed, turn, get some z's, stack z's, languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire, relax, render idle, sluggardize, mitigate.

Horizontality

VB be horizontal, lie, recline, couch, lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate, sprawl, loll, sit down, render horizontal, lay down, lay out, level, flatten, prostrate, knock down, floor, fell.