Definitions for lurk
lɜrklurk

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lurk, skulkverb

   lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

2. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundverb

   be about

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

3. ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in waitverb

   wait in hiding to attack

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lurknoun

   The act of lurking.

2. lurkverb

   To remain concealed in order to ambush

3. lurkverb

   To remain unobserved

4. lurkverb

   to hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself

5. lurkverb

   to view an internet forum without posting comments

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Lurkverb

   To lie in wait; to lie hidden; to lie close.

   Etymology: probably lurch and lurk are the same word.

   Far in land a savage nation dwelt,
   That never tasted grace, nor goodness felt;
   But like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den,
   And flying fast as roebuck through the fen,
   All naked. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

   Milbrook lurketh between two hills, a village of some eighty houses, and borrowing his name from a mill and little brook running there through. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

   They lay not to live by their worke,
   But theevishly loiter and lurke. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry.

   If sinners entice, consent not; if they say, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent. Prov. i. 11.

   The wife, when danger or dishonour lurks,
   Safest, and seemliest by her husband stays. John Milton.

   See
   The lurking gold upon the fatal tree:
   Then rend it off. John Dryden, Æn.

   The king unseen
   Lurk’d in her hand, and mourn’d his captive queen;
   He springs to vengeance. Alexander Pope.

   I do not lurk in the dark: I am not wholly unknown to the world: I have set my name at length. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lurk

   Lurk generally means to wait or move in a secret, stealthy way, often with a malicious intent. It can also refer to the act of observing or participating in an online community inconspicuously, without actively engaging with others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lurkverb

   to lie hid; to lie in wait

2. Lurkverb

   to keep out of sight

3. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lurk

   lurk, v.i. to lie in wait: to be concealed.—n. a swindle.—n. Lurk′er.—adj. Lurk′ing, lying hid: keeping out of sight.—n. Lurk′ing-place, a hiding-place. [Scand., Sw. prov. luska.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LURK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lurk is ranked #132206 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lurk surname appeared 128 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lurk.
   
   71% or 91 total occurrences were White.
   28.1% or 36 total occurrences were Black.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lurk in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lurk in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lurk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of lurk in a Sentence

1. Bill Shuster:

   Sequesters, furloughs, and shut-downs seem to lurk around every corner. We have to re-inject stability into how we fund aviation.

2. Louis D. Brandeis:

   Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficial. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

3. from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936:

   1. At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him. 2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as "Hi, Hi." [...] 5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually.

4. Douglas Hostadter:

   It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order -- and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lurk
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lurk
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lurk
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lurk
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lurk
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html