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    wallow
    /ˈwɒləʊ/

    verb

    • 1. (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 aboutloll aroundlie aboutlie around
    • 2. (of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable): "I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel" Similar luxuriatebasktake pleasuretake satisfactionOpposite eschew

    noun

    • 1. an act of wallowing: "a wallow in nostalgia"
    • 2. a depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals: "a buffalo wallow"

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