wallow
verb
[ ˈwɒləʊ ]
• (chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects.
• "there were watering places where buffalo liked to wallow"
Similar:
loll about,
loll around,
lie about,
lie around,
tumble about,
tumble around,
splash about,
splash around,
slosh,
wade,
paddle,
slop,
squelch,
welter,
splosh,
• (of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable).
• "I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel"
Similar:
luxuriate,
bask,
take pleasure,
take satisfaction,
indulge (oneself),
delight,
revel,
glory,
give oneself up to,
take to,
enjoy,
like,
love,
relish,
savour,
rejoice in,
exult in,
get a kick/buzz out of,
get a kick/buzz from,
get a bang from,
get a charge out of,
wallow
noun
• an act of wallowing.
• "a wallow in nostalgia"
• a depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals.
• "a buffalo wallow"
Origin:
Old English walwian ‘to roll about’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll’.
