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Definitions for Wallow

[1] to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust.
[2] to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel: to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality.
[3] to flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with difficulty: A gunboat wallowed toward port.
[4] to surge up or billow forth, as smoke or heat: Waves of black smoke wallowed into the room.
[5] an act or instance of wallowing.
[6] a place in which animals wallow: hog wallow; an elephant wallow.
[7] the indentation produced by animals wallowing: a series of wallows across the farmyard.
[8] (esp of certain animals) to roll about in mud, water, etc, for pleasure
[9] to move about with difficulty
[10] to indulge oneself in possessions, emotion, etc to wallow in self-pity
[11] (of smoke, waves, etc) to billow
[12] the act or an instance of wallowing
[13] a muddy place or depression where animals wallow

Words related to Wallow

totter, flounder, lurch, lie, stumble, immerse, tumble, toss, welter, loll, sway, sprawl, stagger, wade, blunder, reel, roll, enjoy, rollick, humor

Words nearby Wallow

walloon, walloon brabant, wallop, walloper, walloping, wallow, wallowa mountains, wallower, wallpaper, wallposter, walls have ears

Origin of Wallow

before 900; Middle English walwe, Old English wealwian to roll; cognate with Gothic walwjan; akin to Latin volvere

Word origin for Wallow

Old English wealwian to roll (in mud); related to Latin volvere to turn, Greek oulos curly, Russian valun round pebble

Synonyms for Wallow

flounder, lurch, totter, blunder, immerse, lie, loll, reel, roll, sprawl, stagger, stumble, sway, toss, tumble, wade, welter, bathe in, be immersed, get stuck, move around in, roll about, roll around in, splash around