lollop

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lol·lop

(lŏl′əp)

intr.v. lol·loped, lol·lop·ing, lol·lops

1. To move with a bobbing motion.

2. Chiefly British To lounge about; loll.

[Alteration of loll.]

lol′lop·y adj.

lollop

(ˈlɒləp)

vb (intr)

1. to walk or run with a clumsy or relaxed bouncing movement

2. a less common word for lounge

[C18: probably from loll + -op as in gallop, to emphasize the contrast in meaning]

lol•lop

(ˈlɒl əp)

v.i.

to move forward with a bounding or leaping motion.

[1735–45; obscurely akin to loll]

lollop

Past participle: lolloped
Gerund: lolloping

Imperative
lollop
lollop

Present
I lollop
you lollop
he/she/it lollops
we lollop
you lollop
they lollop

Preterite
I lolloped
you lolloped
he/she/it lolloped
we lolloped
you lolloped
they lolloped

Present Continuous
I am lolloping
you are lolloping
he/she/it is lolloping
we are lolloping
you are lolloping
they are lolloping

Present Perfect
I have lolloped
you have lolloped
he/she/it has lolloped
we have lolloped
you have lolloped
they have lolloped

Past Continuous
I was lolloping
you were lolloping
he/she/it was lolloping
we were lolloping
you were lolloping
they were lolloping

Past Perfect
I had lolloped
you had lolloped
he/she/it had lolloped
we had lolloped
you had lolloped
they had lolloped

Future
I will lollop
you will lollop
he/she/it will lollop
we will lollop
you will lollop
they will lollop

Future Perfect
I will have lolloped
you will have lolloped
he/she/it will have lolloped
we will have lolloped
you will have lolloped
they will have lolloped

Future Continuous
I will be lolloping
you will be lolloping
he/she/it will be lolloping
we will be lolloping
you will be lolloping
they will be lolloping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lolloping
you have been lolloping
he/she/it has been lolloping
we have been lolloping
you have been lolloping
they have been lolloping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lolloping
you will have been lolloping
he/she/it will have been lolloping
we will have been lolloping
you will have been lolloping
they will have been lolloping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lolloping
you had been lolloping
he/she/it had been lolloping
we had been lolloping
you had been lolloping
they had been lolloping

Conditional
I would lollop
you would lollop
he/she/it would lollop
we would lollop
you would lollop
they would lollop

Past Conditional
I would have lolloped
you would have lolloped
he/she/it would have lolloped
we would have lolloped
you would have lolloped
they would have lolloped

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Verb

lollop - walk clumsily and with a bounce

walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

Translations

lollop

[ˈlɒləp] VI → moverse desgarbadamente
to lollop along → moverse torpemente, arrastrar los pies

lollop

[ˈlɒləp] vi (British) → avancer (or courir) maladroitement

lollop

vi (also lollop along, animal) → trotten, zotteln; (puppy, rabbit) → hoppeln; (person) → zockeln

lollop

[ˈlɒləp] vi (Brit) → camminare (or correre) goffamente

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