Meaning of LURKING
| Pronunciation: | | l'urking
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- [adj] marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"
- [adj] concealed and unsuspected; "lurking dangers"; "search for lurking ambiguities"
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| | Synonyms: | | concealed, furtive, skulking, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious |
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| | Definition: | | The activity of one of the "silent majority" in a electronic forum such as Usenet; posting occasionally or not at all but reading the group's postings regularly. This term is not pejorative and indeed is casually used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking". Often used in "the lurkers", the hypothetical audience for the group's flamage-emitting regulars. Lurking and reading the FAQ are recommended netiquette for beginners who need to learn the history and practises of the group before posting. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abeyant, about to be, already in sight, approaching, at hand, between the lines, brewing, close, close at hand, coming, covert, cryptic, delitescent, doggo, dormant, esoteric, forthcoming, furtive, future, gathering, going to happen, hibernating, hidden, hidden out, immediate, imminent, impendent, impending, in ambush, in danger imminent, in hiding, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in the wings, in view, instant, latent, looming, lowering, menacing, muffled, mystic, near, near at hand, nearing, obfuscated, obscured, occult, on the horizon, on tiptoe, overhanging, possible, potential, preparing, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, quiescent, skulking, sleeping, sneaking, stealing, stealthy, submerged, surreptitious, that will be, threatening, to come, under cover, under the surface, underlying, unmanifested, upcoming, veiled, virtual, waiting, waiting concealed |
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