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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lollop.

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Examples

  • I slow gradually to a halt but the otter lollops on until it finally comes to a standstill, nose twitching, right in front of the car.

    Country diary: South Uist 2010

  • The piece of brainless matter rolls down the declivity, and the Practical Man lollops from Capitalism to the Servile State with the same inevitable ease.

    Belloc Speaks - The Reformers And The Reformed Are Alike/1 2007

  • Foppish poet type lollops on stage to announce ETA of band.

    FallNet - a pack of gnomes, trolls & gargoyles 1998

  • "He gets so excited, he quivers all over, and the wild beast, or whatever it is, just lollops away, throwing a grin over his shoulder at him."

    The Rhodesian Gertrude Page 1897

  • I do assure you that's always his way, and it's monstrous provoking, for if one's ever so cold, he lollops so, that one's quite starved.

    Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 Fanny Burney 1796

  • Gutierrez, a converted left-midfielder-cum-right-back was out of his depth against Nigeria and Greece and, while Veron's passes are still as soft and loving as a baby's caress, he lollops around even more slowly than he did in his prime.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Libby Purves doesn't bother with pleasantries, like saying "goodbye" at the end of phone calls, or even after we emerge from an hour-long interview when she simply turns and lollops off.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Grunwald allots Henry a heaping portion of coming-of-age troubles as he lollops toward his majority.

    NYT > Home Page By LIESL SCHILLINGER 2010

  • Gutiérrez, a converted left-midfielder-cum-right-back was shambolically out of his depth against Nigeria and Greece and, while Verón's passes are still as soft and loving as a baby's caress, he lollops around even more slowly than he did in his prime.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • He lollops along with a calm smile and a physical fluency that is hard to mock or copy.

    De Magno Opere 2008

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