Translate wallow | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of wallow
verb
[no object] 1(chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie relaxed in mud or water, especially to keep cool, avoid biting insects, or spread scent:watering places where buffalo liked to wallow (of a boat or aircraft) roll from side to side:the small jet wallowed in the sky
2 (
wallow in)
(of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that creates a pleasurable sensation):I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel he had been wallowing in self-pity
noun
1an act of wallowing:a wallow in nostalgia
2an area of mud or shallow water where mammals go to wallow, typically developing into a depression in the ground over long use.
