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wallow

Verb

∙ To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud intransitive
∙ to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder
∙ To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically. intransitive
∙ To live in filth or in a sickening manner. intransitive
∙ To wither; to fade. intransitive, Britain, Scotland, dialect

Noun

∙ 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.

Adjective

∙ Tasteless, flat. now dialectal