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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1847 to pass time or stay aimlessly in or at <hung around the house all day>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you hang around, hang about, or hang round, you stay in the same place doing nothing, usually because you are waiting for something or someone. (INFORMAL) He got sick of hanging around waiting for me... On Saturdays we hang about in the park. ...those people hanging round the streets at 6 am with nowhere to go. PHRASAL VERB: V P -ing, V P, V P n 2. If you hang around, hang about, or hang round with someone or in a particular place, you spend a lot of time with that person or in that place. (INFORMAL) They usually hung around together most of the time... Helen used to hang round with the boys. ...the usual young crowd who hung around the cafe day in and day out. PHRASAL VERB: V P together, V P with n, V P n

Moby Thesaurus

abide, affect, await, bide, bide the issue, bum around, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, do nothing, frequent, goof off, hang about, hang out, hang out at, haunt, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, idle, laze, lazy, lie around, linger, loaf, loiter, loiter about, loll around, lollop around, lounge, lounge around, mark time, mooch around, moon, moon around, resort, resort to, sit around, sit tight, sit up, slouch, slouch around, stand around, stay, stay up, stick around, take time, tarry, wait, wait a minute, wait and see