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Definition of Lollop
1. Verb. Walk clumsily and with a bounce. "The children lollop to the playground"
Definition of Lollop
1. v. i. To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.
Definition of Lollop
1. Verb. To walk with a bouncing motion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lollop
1. to loll [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: loll
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lollop
Literary usage of Lollop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"lollop, to lounge or idle about. Here's fine discipline on board, ... to lollop
at your ease, while your betters are kept to hard duty. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"lollop [lol'up], vn To lounge, lean, loll. Leic., N'hamp., Shrop. ... The word
is used substantively, too; as ' You are sich a lollop.' Leic. ..."
3. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"lollop [lol-up], vn To lounge, lean, loll. Leic., N'hamp., Shrop. ... The word
is used substantively, too ; as ' You are sich a lollop.' Leic. ..."
4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1830)
"Besides, another advantage of keeping a lad is, that you may lick him, or lollop
him, as Mathews termed it when describing his trip to that land of liberty ..."
5. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"To lollop, ». n. [Loll, Isl. a slow step.] To lounge and saunter heavily. Craven.
Norf. ... To lollop, va To beat. Suss. Hants LOLL-POOP, s. [Loll, lounge. ..."
6. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, & Affinity to Other by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"lollop, to walk in an undulating manner—to move heavily. LONE, single. " A lone
woman"—a female unmarried, or a widow without children. ..."
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