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lurk |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lurk \Lurk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurked}; p. pr & vb n. {Lurking}.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See {Lower}, and cf {Lurch}, a sudden roll, {Lurch} to lurk.] 1. To lie hid; to lie in wait. Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den. --Spenser. Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov. i. 11. 2. To keep out of sight. The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. --Blackstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lurk v 1: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner [syn: {skulk}] 2: 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}, {mill about}, {mill around}] 3: wait in hiding to attack [syn: {ambush}, {scupper}, {bushwhack}, {waylay}, {ambuscade}, {lie in wait}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: lurk {lurking}
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