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loiter

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  loiter 
  v  :  be  about  "The  high  school  students  like  to  loiter  in  the 
  Central  Square";  "Who  is  this  man  that  is  hanging  around 
  the  department?"  [syn:  {lounge},  {footle},  {lollygag},  {loaf}, 
  {lallygag},  {hang  around},  {mess  about},  {tarry},  {linger}, 
  {lurk},  {mill  about},  {mill  around}]




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