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Thesaurus: wallow

To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.

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  1. n. To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.
  2. n. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
  3. n. To wither; to fade.
  4. v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.
  5. n. A kind of rolling walk.
  6. n. a puddle where animals go to wallow
  7. n. an indolent or clumsy rolling about
  8. v. devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
  9. v. roll around
  10. v. rise up as if in waves
  11. v. be ecstatic with joy
  12. v. delight greatly in