wallower.html - v. & n.
--v.

intr.
1 (esp. of an animal) roll about in mud, sand, water, etc.
2 (usu. foll. by in) indulge in unrestrained sensuality, pleasure, misery, etc. (wallows in nostalgia).

--n.

1 the act or an instance of wallowing.
2 a a place used by buffalo etc. for wallowing. b the depression in the ground caused by this.

wallower n. [OE walwian roll f. Gmc]

wallower.html - See: PACK A PUNCH or PACK A WALLOP.

wallower.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a member of a French-speaking people inhabiting S. and E. Belgium and neighbouring France (see also FLEMING ).
2 the French dialect spoken by this people.

--adj.

of or concerning the Walloons or their language. [F Wallon f. med.L Wallo -onis f. Gmc: cf. WELSH]

wallower.html - v. & n.
sl. --v.

tr. (walloped, walloping)
1 a thrash; beat. b hit hard.
2 (as walloping adj.) big; strapping; thumping (a walloping profit).

--n.

1 a heavy blow; a thump.
2 Brit. beer or any alcoholic drink.

walloping n. [earlier senses 'gallop', 'boil', f. ONF (walop n. f.) waloper, OF galoper: cf. GALLOP]

wallower.html - n.
1 a person or thing that wallops.
2 Austral. sl. a policeman.

wallower.html - v. & n.
--v.

intr.
1 (esp. of an animal) roll about in mud, sand, water, etc.
2 (usu. foll. by in) indulge in unrestrained sensuality, pleasure, misery, etc. (wallows in nostalgia).

--n.

1 the act or an instance of wallowing.
2 a a place used by buffalo etc. for wallowing. b the depression in the ground caused by this.

wallower n. [OE walwian roll f. Gmc]