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wallow

The correct spelling is wallow.

How to pronounce wallow

/ˈwɒ.ləʊ/
noun

IPA: /ˈwɒ.ləʊ/

Say it like: Wal-low

The correct spelling is wallow. An instance of wallowing. For example: "Pigs wallow in the mud."

Usage Examples

Pigs wallow in the mud.

She wallowed in her misery.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An instance of wallowing.
  2. 2.A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
  3. 3.A kind of rolling walk.

verb

  1. 1.To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
  2. 2.To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
  3. 3.To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
  4. 4.To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
  5. 5.To wither; to fade.

adjective

  1. 1.Tasteless, flat.

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