Lollop
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
"Every available spyglass was directed towards this strange sail. It appeared, as we all watched it, to lollop up and down, as it were, with the jerk of the sea, according to no regular motion of a ship or boat."
- 2 walk clumsily and with a bounce wordnet
- 3 To act lazily, loll, lie around. obsolete
"“Here’s fine discipline on-board, when such lazy, skulking sons of bitches as you are allowed, on pretence of sickness, to lollop at your ease, while your betters are kept to hard duty!”"
Example
More examples"Every available spyglass was directed towards this strange sail. It appeared, as we all watched it, to lollop up and down, as it were, with the jerk of the sea, according to no regular motion of a ship or boat."
Etymology
Imitative. Compare loll.
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