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Meaning of wallow

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

wallow

Pronunciation:/ˈwɒ.ləʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. An instance of wallowing.

  2. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.

  3. A kind of rolling walk.

verb

Definitions

  1. To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.

    Example: Pigs wallow in the mud.

  2. To move lazily or heavily in any medium.

  3. To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.

    Example: She wallowed in her misery.

  4. To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.