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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOLL, v.i. [The sense of this word is to throw, to send. Hence it coincides with the Gr..]
1. To recline; to lean; properly, to throw one's self down; hence, to lie at ease.
Void of care he lolls supine in state.
2. To suffer the tongue to hang extended from the mouth, as an ox or a dog when heated with labor or exertion.
The triple porter of the Stygian seat, with lolling tongue lay fawning at his feet.
LOLL, v.t. To thrust out, as the tongue.
Fierce tigers couched around, and lolled their tongues.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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" [syn: 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]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to hang loosely or laxly ; droop 2. to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner ; lounge transitive verb to let droop or dangle Synonyms: see idle • loller noun II. noun Date: 1709 archaic the act of lolling ; a relaxed posture

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Derivatives: loller n. Etymology: ME: prob. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loll Loll, v. t. To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue. Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning tongues. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lolls, lolling, lolled) 1. If you loll somewhere, you sit or lie in a very relaxed position. He was lolling on the sofa in the shadows near the fire... He lolled back in his comfortable chair. = lounge, sprawl VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv 2. If something fairly heavy, especially someone's head or tongue, lolls, it hangs down in a loose, uncontrolled way. When he let go the head lolled sideways... Tongue lolling, the dog came lolloping back from the forest. VERB: V adv/prep, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Lounge, recline, lean, sprawl, lie at ease. 2. Hang out, hang extended.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Mother's loll; a favourite child, the mother's darling,

Moby Thesaurus

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