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How to pronounce lurker in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lurcher, skulker
Type of waiter
Derivation lurk

Examples of lurker

lurker
I was a lurker IP before, and mostly lurk now but have decided to get more active.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The more dedicated you are to your workout, the more confused this makes the lurker.
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I'm a lurker, but just wanted to comment on how amazing and strong you are.
From the edeneatseverything.com
The latter is a nice option because you can still use Ping, you simply use it as a lurker.
From the techcrunch.com
A lurker is a user that only downloads files from the group but does not add new content.
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Sometimes a poster becomes a lurker or a lurker turns into a poster.
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So, long time lurker, er, I mean reader, stepping out of the shadows.
From the edeneatseverything.com
Much is made of engagement in these media, but the role of the lurker is not clear in Plus.
From the techcrunch.com
Next I became more of a lurker making edits as I saw appropriate.
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  • Someone waiting in concealment
  • 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" . ...
  • In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the lurker is an aberration. It is similar to the darkmantle and the piercer, but attacks with suffocation instead of impaling. The Lurker resembles a flat, grey stingray with two small eyes at the front. ...
  • Blizzard Entertainment's bestselling real-time strategy game series StarCraft revolves around interstellar affairs in a distant sector of the galaxy, with three species and multiple factions all vying for supremacy in the sector. ...
  • (The Lurkers) The Lurkers were a late 1970s English punk rock group from Uxbridge, West London,Larkin, Colin: "The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music", 1992, Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-579-4 notable for being the first group ever on Beggars Banquet Records.
  • Agent noun of lurk; one who lurks
  • (Lurkers) People, who for one reason or another (broke, criminal activity, etc.) hang out DownBelow on Babylon 5.
  • (Lurkers) Regulatory Artificial Intelligence beings controlled by corporations that troll the now-massive internet for illegal content and malevolant presences, and work on their own to suppress them as well as alerting the authorities. One of the best examples of early applied Technomancy.
  • (Lurkers) Watch from the side of the road and never step onto the road. They are apparently enjoying their uncanny power to cause 80,000 pounds of steel and rubber to swerve into oncoming traffic.