[
US
/ˈwɑɫoʊ/
]
[ UK /wˈɒləʊ/ ]
[ UK /wˈɒləʊ/ ]
VERB
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delight greatly in
wallow in your success! -
roll around
pigs were wallowing in the mud -
rise up as if in waves
smoke billowed up into the sky -
devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
Wallow in luxury
wallow in your sorrows - be ecstatic with joy
NOUN
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an indolent or clumsy rolling about
a good wallow in the water - a puddle where animals go to wallow
How To Use wallow In A Sentence
- We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news. Fighting the Whales
- While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
- The pills should be swallowed whole.
- A recent issue of Gastroenterology reports on animal studies describing a swallowable capsule that can transmit video images as it travels through the small intestine.
- After they are separated, the keepers feed the chicks by hand and must teach them to swallow whole fish.
- I swallowed my tears and washed my face in the small sink in the adjacent lavatory.
- Northern migratory species winter in the savanna, such as spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia, barn swallow Hirundo rustica and blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata. Canaima National Park, Venezuela
- Jayson drew his swallow and jumped off his stead as Virgo let out a bellow as he tried to scare off the attackers.
- Also well known is hydrophobia, literally ‘fear of water ‘, as a name for rabies, which sometimes appears to cause such a sensation in sufferers because it makes the throat swell and so it becomes difficult for the victim to swallow.’
- Bley plays acoustic piano in duo with Steve Swallow, and their rapport projects extraordinary warmth on this delightful album.