wallow
verb /ˈwɒləʊ/
/ˈwɑːləʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wallow | /ˈwɒləʊ/ /ˈwɑːləʊ/ |
| he / she / it wallows | /ˈwɒləʊz/ /ˈwɑːləʊz/ |
| past simple wallowed | /ˈwɒləʊd/ /ˈwɑːləʊd/ |
| past participle wallowed | /ˈwɒləʊd/ /ˈwɑːləʊd/ |
| -ing form wallowing | /ˈwɒləʊɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːləʊɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] wallow (in something) (of large animals or people) to lie and roll about in water or mud, to keep cool or for pleasure
- hippos wallowing in the river
- He loves to wallow in a hot bath after a game.
- [intransitive] wallow in something (often disapproving) to enjoy something that causes you pleasure
- She wallowed in the luxury of the hotel.
- to wallow in despair/self-pity (= to think about your unhappy feelings all the time and seem to be enjoying them)
Word OriginOld English walwian ‘to roll about’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll’.