[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). Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivebrief, temporary, long, … verb + lullhit prepositionduring a/the lull, lull in See full entry 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.Extra examples They crossed the road during a lull in the traffic. a brief lull in the fighting Just before an attack everything would go quiet, but we knew it was just the lull before the storm. There was a lull in the conversation. There will probably be a lull over the winter, followed by a resurgence of activity next spring.
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