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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
lollop .
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Examples
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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.
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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
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Foppish poet type lollops on stage to announce ETA of band.
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"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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Grunwald allots Henry a heaping portion of coming-of-age troubles as he lollops toward his majority.
NYT > Home Page By LIESL SCHILLINGER 2010
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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.
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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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