lull
noun/lʌl/
/lʌl/
[usually singular]- lull (in something) a quiet period between times of activity
- a lull in the conversation/fighting
- Just before an attack everything would go quiet but we knew it was just the lull before the storm (= before a time of noise or trouble).
Extra Examples- They crossed the road during a lull in the traffic.
- There will probably be a lull over the winter, followed by a resurgence of activity next spring.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- temporary
- long
- …
- hit
- during a/the lull
- lull in
Word OriginMiddle English: imitative of sounds used to quieten a child; compare with Latin lallare ‘sing to sleep’, Swedish lulla ‘hum a lullaby’, and Dutch lullen ‘talk nonsense’. The noun (first recorded in the sense ‘soothing drink’) dates from the mid 17th cent.
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