aloll

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

a- +‎ loll

Adjective[edit]

aloll (not comparable)

  1. Hanging loosely.
    • 1996, Laura Parker, Risque, page 121:
      The gentleman in the illustration seemed likewise stricken with awe by the sight. His hands were clasped before him as he leaned forward, eyes wide and tongue aloll.
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN:
      [] and the dogs trotting with their tongues aloll and footslaves following half naked and sorely burdened []
    • 2000, Emily Barton, The Testament of Yves Gundron, page 7:
      Before I could loose the choking strap from her neck, she stood quite dead at the edge of my farthest field, her eyes popping and her tongue aloll.
    • 2012, Kellie Wells, Fat Girl, Terrestrial, page 170:
      but when he sobered up the next day, he never recollected any of it and just waved her off, throbbing head aloll on his neck.