Definitions for wallowˈwɒl oʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wal•lowˈwɒl oʊ(v.i.)
to roll about or lie in water, mud, dust, etc., as for refreshment:
goats wallowing in the dust.
Category: Animal Behavior
to indulge oneself; luxuriate; revel:
to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality.
to flounder about; move or proceed clumsily.
to billow forth, as smoke.
(n.)an act or instance of wallowing.
a place in which animals wallow.
Origin of wallow:
bef. 900; ME walwen, OE wealwian to roll, c. Go af-walwjan to roll away; akin to L volvere to roll
wal′low•er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
wallow(noun)
a puddle where animals go to wallow
wallow(verb)
an indolent or clumsy rolling about
"a good wallow in the water"
wallow(verb)
devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
"Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"
wallow, welter(verb)
roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
billow, wallow(verb)
rise up as if in waves
"smoke billowed up into the sky"
wallow, rejoice, triumph(verb)
be ecstatic with joy
wallow(verb)
delight greatly in
"wallow in your success!"
Webster Dictionary
Wallow(noun)
to roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire
Wallow(noun)
to live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner
Wallow(noun)
to wither; to fade
Wallow(verb)
to roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean
Wallow(noun)
a kind of rolling walk
Translations for wallow
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
wallow(noun)
an act of wallowing.
- rondrolleryAfrikaans
- تَقَلُّب، تَمَرُّغArabic
- въргалянеBulgarian
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- das Sich-WälzenGerman
- vælten sigDanish
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