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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]
2: move about in a confused manner [syn: mill, mill about, mill around]
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
When a crowd of people mill around or mill about, they move around within a particular place or area, so that the movement of the whole crowd looks very confused. (in BRIT, also use mill about) Quite a few people were milling about, but nothing was happening... Dozens of people milled around Charing Cross Road and Denmark Street. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n
