aloll
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aloll (not comparable)
- 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.