Loiter

[Loi·ter]

To loiter is to hang around a place with no real purpose, usually somewhere where you are not welcome like under the “No Loitering” sign at a convenience store.

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To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

Verb
be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"


v. i.
To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

v. i.
To wander as an idle vagrant.


Loiter

Loi"ter , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loitered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loitering.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. lotar.] 1. To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.
Sir John, you loiter here too long.
If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace.
2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.

To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

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