Meaning of LURK
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- [v] wait in hiding to attack
- [v] be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- [v] lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
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| | Synonyms: | | ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, footle, hang around, lallygag, lie in wait, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess about, mill about, mill around, scupper, skulk, tarry, waylay |
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| | See Also: | | be, conceal, hide, lurch, prowl, wait | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lurk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lurking}.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source
of E. lower to frown. See {Lower}, and cf. {Lurch}, a sudden
roll, {Lurch} to lurk.]
1. To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den.
--Spenser.
Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov.
i. 11.
2. To keep out of sight.
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks.
--Blackstone.
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| | Related Terms: | | be latent, couch, creep, escape notice, gumshoe, hibernate, hide, lay wait, lie beneath, lie dormant, lie hid, lie in wait, lie low, make no sign, nightwalk, prowl, pussyfoot, shadow, skulk, slide, slink, slip, smolder, snake, sneak, stalk, steal, tiptoe, underlie |
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