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1. (v.i.) loiter
to linger aimlessly or as if aimlessly in or about a place.
2. loiter
to move in a slow, idle manner.
3. loiter
to waste time or dawdle over work.
4. (v.t.) loiter
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usu. fol. by away):
to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME loteren, loytren)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
be about
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) loiter
to be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind
2. (verb) loiter
to wander as an idle vagrant
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Sense: to proceed, work etc slowly or to stand doing nothing in particular
They were loitering outside the ship.
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 Afrikaans: draai, talm |
 Arabic: يَتَوانى، يَتَلَكَّأ |
 Bulgarian: разтакавам се |
 Brazilian: demorar-se |
 Czech: lelkovat |
 German: trödeln |
 Danish: drive; hænge |
 Greek: χασομερώ |
 Spanish: rezagarse, entretenerse, |
 Estonian: logelema |
 Farsi: وقت کشی کردن |
 Finnish: vetelehtiä |
 French: traîner |
 Hebrew: לְשוֹטֵט |
 Hindi: आवारा फिरना |
 Croatian: tumarati |
 Hungarian: lézeng |
 Indonesian: berkeliaran |
 Icelandic: hanga, sniglast |
 Italian: attardarsi, indugiare |
 Japanese: ぶらぶら歩く |
 Korean: 하는 일 없이 시간을 보내다 |
 Lithuanian: stoviniuoti, slampinėti |
 Latvian: slaistīties |
 Malay: melepak |
 Dutch: rondhangen |
 Norwegian: drive, daffe |
 Polish: marudzić |
 Persian: ،با تنبلى كار كردن وقت کش |
 Pashto: ناوخته او سست كار كول |
 Portuguese: demorar-se |
 Romanian: a zăbovi |
 Russian: мешкать; бездельничать |
 Slovak: ponevierať sa |
 Slovenian: postopati |
 Serbian: zamajavati se |
 Swedish: söla, dra benen efter sig |
 Thai: ปล่อยเวลาให้ผ่านไปโดยเปล่ |
 Turkish: aylak aylak gezmek, dolan |
 Taiwanese: 閒逛，遊蕩 |
 Ukrainian: байдикувати, марнувати ча |
 Urdu: ارد گرد منڈلانا |
 Vietnamese: lảng vảng |
 Chinese: 消磨时光，闲荡，徘徊 |
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