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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loll.

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Examples

  • Especially on winter evenings after tea, when the fire glows in the open range and dances mirrored in the steel fender, when Father, in shirt-sleeves, sits in the rocking chair at one side of the fire reading the racing finals, and Mother sits on the other with her sewing, and the children are happy with a pennorth of mint humbugs, and the dog lolls roasting himself on the rag mat.

    Intimate History 2010

  • She pretends to wallop the side of her face so hard her head jerks back and her tongue lolls out.

    Sex trafficking in the UK: one woman's horrific story of kidnap, rape, beatings and prostitution 2011

  • It lolls and sways like a friendly drunk, with duelling boy-girl vocals ruminating on the appeal – or not – of the seasons.

    This week's new singles 2011

  • A man of middle years, his dark beard sporting a few strands of silver, lolls back in his chair with an expression of utter contentment on his face.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • The baby Harry holds has vague, wet blue eyes and the head lolls on the rubbery little neck this way and that.

    Base David Ackley 2011

  • She does nothing, her head goes from side to side, she just appears kind of loaded as the head lolls to the right, to the left.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • A man of middle years, his dark beard sporting a few strands of silver, lolls back in his chair with an expression of utter contentment on his face.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • Especially on winter evenings after tea, when the fire glows in the open range and dances mirrored in the steel fender, when Father, in shirt-sleeves, sits in the rocking chair at one side of the fire reading the racing finals, and Mother sits on the other with her sewing, and the children are happy with a pennorth of mint humbugs, and the dog lolls roasting himself on the rag mat.

    Intimate History 2010

  • She does nothing, her head goes from side to side, she just appears kind of loaded as the head lolls to the right, to the left.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • Wallace points out that Rick Perry and Jeb Bush are against the law, and Kristol just lolls that off by saying, well, blah-dee-blah, federalism.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads 2010

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