loiter
A standing or strolling about without any aim or purposeA standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.
» The prince loitered about all day.
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1 sensesA standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.
Examples
17 sentencesThe prince loitered about all day.
Why are you loitering around my house?
Do you know where my man loiters?
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The girl loitered in front of the house.
A strange person is loitering around the house.
Origin
From Middle English loitren, from Middle Dutch loteren ("to shake, wag, wobble"; > modernFrom Middle English loitren, from Middle Dutch loteren ("to shake, wag, wobble"; > modern Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle, ramble”)), ultimately connected with a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bend, stoop, cower, shrink from, decline”), see lout. Cognate with Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle”), Alemannic German lottern (“to wobble”), German lottern (“live a slovenly life”). More at lout, little.
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