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Webster 1913 Edition
Loiter
Loi′ter
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
If we have
loitered
, let us quicken our pace. Rogers.
Syn. – To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.
Webster 1828 Edition
Loiter
LOIT'ER
, v.i.To linger; to be slow in moving; to delay; to be dilatory; to spend time idly.
If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace.
Definition 2024
loiter
loiter
English
Verb
loiter (third-person singular simple present loiters, present participle loitering, simple past and past participle loitered)
- To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.
- For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
- 2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian (London):
- Agüero, as usual, was loitering with intent and swung his left foot at the ball. The shot was going wide but Silva was there to apply the decisive touch inside the six-yard area.
Translations
to stand about idly
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