- lolloped
- lol·lop || 'lɑləp /'lɒl- v. walk in an awkward manner and with a bounding motion; loll, sprawl, lean or lounge about lazily
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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lollop — [[t]lɒ̱ləp[/t]] lollops, lolloping, lolloped VERB When an animal or a person lollops along, they run along awkwardly and not very fast. [mainly BRIT, LITERARY] [V prep/adv] A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.… … English dictionary
skip — vb Skip, bound, hop, curvet, lope, lollop, ricochet can all mean to move or advance with successive springs or leaps .The first three words are commonly referable to persons or animals but they may be used in reference to inanimate things. Skip… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lollop — UK [ˈlɒləp] / US [ˈlɑləp] verb [intransitive] Word forms lollop : present tense I/you/we/they lollop he/she/it lollops present participle lolloping past tense lolloped past participle lolloped to walk or run in a way that is relaxed but not… … English dictionary
lollop — verb (lollops, lolloping, lolloped) move in an ungainly way in a series of clumsy bounds. Origin C18: prob. from loll, assoc. with trollop … English new terms dictionary
stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lollop — ► VERB (lolloped, lolloping) ▪ move in an ungainly way in a series of clumsy bounds. ORIGIN probably from LOLL(Cf. ↑loll), associated with TROLLOP(Cf. ↑trollop) … English terms dictionary
lollop — v.intr. (lolloped, lolloping) colloq. 1 flop about. 2 move or proceed in a lounging or ungainly way. Etymology: prob. f. LOLL, assoc. with TROLLOP … Useful english dictionary
