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lurk::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | lurch, prowl |
Examples of lurk
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His concentration is focused on the rabbits that lurk in the waist-high bracken.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Is it bound by the confines of our skull or does it lurk nearby, non-physically?
From the newscientist.com
To Europe's east will lurk Russia and China, united by their autocratic systems.
From the economist.com
You don't know exactly where the threats lurk, and you don't speak the language.
From the cnn.com
But live creatures often lurk in the soupy brews of water, seaweed and sediment.
From the sacbee.com
Any trouble that may lurk deep in the sea will remain obscure for some time yet.
From the economist.com
Politics, economics and in-fighting seldom lurk far from the surface in tennis.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Somewhere in the neighborhood, I feared, some disgruntled Curds might still lurk.
From the time.com
Bones of abandoned and burned buildings seem to lurk around every intersection.
From the stltoday.com
- Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- Loiter: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- Ambush: wait in hiding to attack
- This is a list of alternate base character classes to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. As base classes rather than prestige classes, they can be taken by newly created characters without need for any prerequisites.
- In Internet culture, a lurker is a person who reads discussions on a message board, newsgroup, chatroom, file sharing or other interactive system, but rarely or never participates actively. Research indicates that "lurkers make up over 90% of online groups" . ...
- The act of lurking; To remain concealed in order to ambush; To remain unobserved; to hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself; to view an internet forum without posting comments
- (lurking) Listening in on mailing list, newsgroup, or bulletin board discussions without actively participating. When joining a newsgroup, you should lurk for awhile before joining in the discussion (lurk before you leap). ...
- (LURKING) The act of reading through maillists and newsgroups without posting any messages. Considered good netiquette to get the feel of the topic before adding your own two penneth
- (Lurking) Reading online messages or chat room conversations without taking part in the discussion. Users are encouraged to lurk in the Newsgroups or chat rooms until they have some idea what the discussion is about an the style is like.
