Definition of WALLOW

wallow

Plural: wallows

Noun

  • a puddle where animals go to wallow
  • an indolent or clumsy rolling about
    • "a good wallow in the water"
  • An instance of wallowing.
  • A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
  • A kind of rolling walk.

Verb

  • devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
    • "Wallow in luxury"
    • "wallow in your sorrows"
  • roll around,
    • "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
  • rise up as if in waves
  • be ecstatic with joy
  • delight greatly in
    • "wallow in your success!"
  • To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
  • To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
  • To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
  • To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
  • To fade, fade away, wither, droop; fail to flourish.

Adj

  • Tasteless, flat.

Examples

  • "Pigs wallow in the mud."
  • "She wallowed in her misery."

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English walowen, walewen, walwen, welwen, from Old English wealwian (“to roll”), from Proto-West Germanic *walwōn, variant of *walwijan, from Proto-Germanic *walwijaną (“to roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“roll, tumble”, verb).

Scrabble Score: 12

wallow is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wallow is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wallow is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

wallow is a valid Words With Friends word