wallow

🇺🇸 /ˈwɑːləʊ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈwɒləʊ/
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intransitive verb
R

to lie down and move around in water or mud to cool down or enjoy

The pigs love to wallow in the mud during hot days.

R

to enjoy something very much

After the win, the team wallowed in their success.

noun
R

the act of wallowing

The children had a great wallow in the muddy puddles.

translation

vi. to lie down and move around in water or mud to cool down or enjoy; to enjoy something very much
n. the act of wallowing

Word Forms

3rd Present wallows
Progressive wallowing
Past wallowed
Plural wallows
Perfect wallowed