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lull

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4
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8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/lʌl/
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/lʌl/ · /lʊl/

Definition of lull

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A period of rest or soothing.
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noun

  1. A period of rest or soothing.
  2. A period of reduced activity; a respite.
    “After this departure there is a lull—one can almost feel the weary station breathing thankfulness!—broken only by the car-sleeper departing at 10.25 from Platform 6 […]. There is normally another lull from 1.45 to 4.30 a.m. till the daily round begins again, […].”
  3. A period without waves or wind.
    “[…] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]”
    “After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]”
    “The air under each cloud has spent time near the surface, has been slowed and backed by friction—it is a lull.”
  4. An extended pause between sets of waves.
    “It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.”
    “About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
    “To lull him soft a sleepe”
    “Such ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,”
    “To lull with song an aching heart”
  2. (intransitive)To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
    “The storm lulled.”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing…

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From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing a lullaby”). Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”).

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