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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | footle, hang around, lallygag, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | prowl, lurch |
| Derivation | lingerer |
Examples of linger
linger
Many eco-watchers believe the malaise will linger, thanks to a jobless recovery.
From the businessweek.com
Storms also could linger into the evening, and light rain is possible overnight.
From the freep.com
Palestinians linger at the Rafah border crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt.
From the latimes.com
Soviet land mines linger in the soil, even after years of mine-clearing efforts.
From the latimes.com
Many questions linger like so many of the major free agents still on the market.
From the stltoday.com
If Tom Brady's foot woes linger, there won't be much to love about the Patriots.
From the washingtonpost.com
Even with the victory, some pain from Saturday night could linger for some time.
From the washingtontimes.com
Yow's memory long will linger as an example and an incentive for the next coach.
From the newsobserver.com
Though questions of his actual innocence still linger, he took it all in stride.
From the newsobserver.com
- Remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"
- Loiter: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- Tarry: leave slowly and hesitantly
- Take one's time; proceed slowly
- Hover: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
- (lingering) tarriance: the act of tarrying
- Linger is a 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Johnnie To and starring Li Bingbing and Vic Chou of F4 fame in his film debut. Li plays a woman who is visited by the ghost of her former boyfriend (Chou), who died in a car accident three years earlier. ...
- "Linger" is a song composed by Irish musicians Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan of the rock band The Cranberries. The song, which has an acoustic arrangement featuring a string section, became the band's first major hit, peaking at #3 in the Republic of Ireland, #8 in the US and #14 in the UK.
- To stay or remain
