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loiter

[ loi-ter ]

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verb (used without object)

to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place:
to loiter around the bus terminal.
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to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.:
to loiter on the way to work.
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to waste time or dawdle over work:
He loiters over his homework until one in the morning.
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verb (used with object)

to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away ):
to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.
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loiter

/ 藞濒蓴瑟迟蓹 /

verb

intr to stand or act aimlessly or idly

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Derived Forms

藞濒辞颈迟别谤颈苍驳, nounadjective
藞濒辞颈迟别谤别谤, noun

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

濒辞颈路迟别谤路别谤 noun

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of loiter¹

First recorded before 1300鈥�50; Middle English loteren, loytren, perhaps from Middle Dutch loteren 鈥渢o stagger, totter鈥�; compare Dutch leuteren 鈥渢o dawdle鈥�

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of loiter¹

C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch 濒枚迟别谤别苍 to wobble: perhaps related to Old English 濒奴迟颈补苍 to lurk

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Synonym Study

Loiter, dally, dawdle, idle imply moving or acting slowly, stopping for unimportant reasons, and in general wasting time. To loiter is to linger aimlessly: to loiter outside a building. To dally is to loiter indecisively or to delay as if free from care or responsibility: to dally on the way home. To dawdle is to saunter, stopping often, and taking a great deal of time, or to fritter away time working in a halfhearted way: to dawdle over a task. To idle is to move slowly and aimlessly, or to spend a great deal of time doing nothing: to idle away the hours.

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He hung out in hallways and loitered on Northern California elementary school campuses, apparently unafraid of being noticed.

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The bill sought to criminalize loitering with intent to buy sex and build on existing state law to make it a felony to solicit anyone under 18 for sex.

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North Korea initially revealed the existence of the drones - also known as loitering munitions, which crash into targets with their built in warheads - in August 2024.

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It is, of course, on the policy detail that disagreements loiter.

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The defence secretary said it was the second time the vessel had entered British waters in recent months, with Yantar also detected "loitering over UK critical undersea infrastructure" in November.

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