Wallow — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a puddle where animals go to wallow

an indolent or clumsy rolling about

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɔloʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɒləʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɒləʊ/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɔloʊ/.

Examples

a good wallow in the water
Wallow in luxury
wallow in your sorrows

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rejoice billow triumph welter

Parts of Speech

noun	a puddle where animals go to wallow
noun	an indolent or clumsy rolling about “a good wallow in the water”
verb	devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure “Wallow in luxury”
verb	roll around, “pigs were wallowing in the mud”
verb	rise up as if in waves “smoke billowed up into the sky”
verb	be ecstatic with joy
verb	delight greatly in “wallow in your success!”

Word Forms

wallow	verb	roll around,
wallow	noun	a puddle where animals go to wallow
rejoicing	noun	a feeling of great happiness
triumphant	adjective	joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
triumph	noun	the exultation of victory

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Suhle

eine Pfütze, in der sich Tiere wälzen

🇫🇷French

se vautrer

une flaque d'eau où les animaux vont se vautrer

🇪🇸Spanish

revolcarse por

un charco donde los animales van a revolcarse

🇮🇹Italian

sguazzare

una pozzanghera dove gli animali vanno a sguazzare

🇳🇱Dutch

wentelen

een plas waar dieren zich in wentelen

🇵🇹Portuguese

chafurdar

uma poça onde os animais vão chafurdar

🇷🇺Russian

валяться

лужа, в которой ходят валяться животные

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लोट लगाते

एक पोखर जहाँ जानवर लोटने के लिए जाते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

ওয়ালো

একটি জলাশয় যেখানে প্রাণী ঢেউয়ের দিকে যায়

🇮🇳Tamil

சுவர்

விலங்குகள் சுவற்றுக்குச் செல்லும் ஒரு குட்டை

🇮🇳Telugu

వాలు

జంతువులు గోడకు వెళ్ళే నీటి కుంట

🇮🇳Marathi

भिजणे

एक डबके जिथे प्राणी भिजायला जातात

🇮🇳Gujarati

વાવો

એક ખાબોચિયું જ્યાં પ્રાણીઓ વલોવા માટે જાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಲ್ಲೋ

ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳು ಗೋಡೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುವ ಕೊಚ್ಚೆಗುಂಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭിത്തി

മൃഗങ്ങൾ ചുവരിലേക്ക് പോകുന്ന ഒരു കുള

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੰਧੋਲੀ

ਇੱਕ ਛੱਪੜ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਜਾਨਵਰ ਵੱਢਣ ਲਈ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

دیوار

ایک تالاب جہاں جانور گھسنے جاتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

泥坑

动物打滚的水坑

🇯🇵Japanese

うろうろする

動物たちがうろうろする水たまり

🇰🇷Korean

빠지다

동물들이 뒹굴러 가는 웅덩이

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đắm mình

một vũng nước nơi động vật đến đắm mình

🇹🇭Thai

หลงระเริง

แอ่งน้ำที่สัตว์ต่างๆ เข้าไปซุกซน

🇮🇩Indonesian

berkubang

genangan air tempat hewan berkubang

🇵🇭Filipino

magpaligoy-ligoy

isang puddle kung saan ang mga hayop ay pumunta sa paglilibang

🇲🇾Malay

bergelumang

lopak di mana haiwan pergi berkubang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يتمرغ

بركة تذهب إليها الحيوانات لتتموج

🇮🇷Persian

غوطه ور شدن

گودالی که حیوانات می روند تا غوطه ور شوند

🇹🇷Turkish

debelenmek

hayvanların yuvarlanmaya gittiği bir su birikintisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִתְפַּלֵשׁ

שלולית שבה בעלי חיים הולכים להתפלש

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