(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
(of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable)
I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel
he had been wallowing in self-pity
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