lull

English

Etymology

From Middle English lullen, lollen. Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lulla (“to lull”). Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌl

Noun

lull (plural lulls)

1. A period of rest or soothing
2. (nautical) a period without waves or wind.
3. (surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.

   About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high — 808surfer.com forum [1]

Verb

Holding in one's arms is a common technique to lull into sleep.

lull (third-person singular simple present lulls, present participle lulling, simple past and past participle lulled)

1. (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
2. (intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

   The storm lulled.

Synonyms

• (To cause to rest): appease

Translations

To cause to rest

• Dutch: kalmeren (nl),in slaap wiegen (nl)
• Finnish: tuudittaa (fi)
• French: apaiser (fr),bercer (fr)
• Hungarian: elringat (hu)

• Polish: lulać (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: uljuljkan (sh), miran (sh)
• Spanish: arrullar (es), adormecer (es)