LOITER DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
loiter 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}] loiter toiler triole Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) loiter intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses ; dawdle 2. a. to remain in an area for no obvious reason b. to lag behind Synonyms: see delay • loiter noun • loiterer noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary loiter (loiters, loitering, loitered) If you loiter somewhere, you remain there or walk up and down without any real purpose. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory. VERB: V English Explanatory Dictionary loiter ˈlɔɪtə v. 1 intr. hang about; linger idly. 2 intr. travel indolently and with long pauses. 3 tr. (foll. by away) pass (time etc.) in loitering. øloiter with intent hang about in order to commit a felony. øøloiterer n. [ME f. MDu. loteren wag about] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Loiter \Loi"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loitered; p. pr. & vb. n. Loitering.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. lotar.] 1. To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind. Sir John, you loiter here too long. --Shak. If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. --Rogers. 2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms loiter v. n. Lag, linger, delay, tarry, saunter, dillydally, move slowly, be dilatory. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 98 Moby Thesaurus words for "loiter": abide, await, bide, bide the issue, bum, bum around, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, do nothing, doodle, drag, fall behind, falter, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flag, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, frivol, get behind, goof off, halt, hang about, hang around, hang back, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, horse around, idle, jerk off, kid around, lag, laze, lazy, lie around, linger, linger behind, loaf, loiter about, loll, loll around, lollop around, lollygag, lounge, lounge around, mark time, mess around, monkey, monkey around, mooch around, moon, moon around, piddle, play, play around, play with, poke, potter, procrastinate, put off, putter, shilly-shally, sit around, sit tight, sit up, slouch, slouch around, smatter, stand around, stay, stay up, stick around, straggle, take time, tarry, tinker, toy, toy with, trail, trail behind, trifle, twiddle, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waste time |
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