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.
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Lollop
//ˈlɒləp//
Synonyms for "lollop" (16 found)
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2 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- шляя се verb (To walk or move)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- vrludati verb (To walk or move)
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And the Camel said ‘Humph!’ again; but no sooner had he said it than he saw his back, that he was so proud of, puffing up and puffing up into a great big lolloping humph.
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The carts rattle by, swinging from side to side; two Chinamen lollop along under their wooden yokes with the straining vegetable baskets—their pigtails and blue blouses fly out in the wind.
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With a timid, loutish movement the great beast turned aside, then lumbered off followed by the calf. The other buffalo also extricated itself from the slime and lolloped away.
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