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loiter::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | lurch, prowl |
| Derivation | loiterer |
The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square.
Examples of loiter
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Doom and the supernatural loiter in the room, in which a man has hanged himself.
From the guardian.co.uk
People do not loiter in the streets, except at bus stops and around food stores.
From the time.com
Its pilots hover low to the ground and loiter over the battlefield at great risk.
From the theatlantic.com
Residents said some of the workers loiter, drink alcohol and urinate in public.
From the washingtontimes.com
The youths loiter in front of a storefront that sells bootlegged DVDs and liquor.
From the dispatch.com
Crowds of young Hispanic men loiter on street corners in the middle of the day.
From the economist.com
A constant stream of visitors pass through and loiter in the courtyard outside.
From the voanews.com
The owl hoots, the ladybirds loiter, the honeybees still fly around the hives.
From the guardian.co.uk
Or perhaps post-Panamax vessels will be willing to loiter offshore a decade or so.
From the bostonherald.com
- Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- In aeronautics and aviation, loiter is a phase of flight. The phase consists of cruising for a certain amount of time over a small region. The loiter phase occurs, for general aviation, generally at the end of the flight plan, normally when the plane is waiting for clearance to land. ...
- Loitering is the act of remaining in a particular public place for a protracted time. Under certain circumstances, it is illegal in various jurisdictions.
- Lu00F8ten is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lu00F8ten. The parish of Lu00F8iten was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
- To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around
- (loitering) The action of the verb loiter
- (v, trans.): postpone getting or giving something. NFS. Cf. (anon.) Ironside.
- Wait in the battle area awaiting instructions as to what target to strike, etc.
