loiter
verb/ˈlɔɪtə(r)/
/ˈlɔɪtər/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they loiter | /ˈlɔɪtə(r)/ /ˈlɔɪtər/ |
| he / she / it loiters | /ˈlɔɪtəz/ /ˈlɔɪtərz/ |
| past simple loitered | /ˈlɔɪtəd/ /ˈlɔɪtərd/ |
| past participle loitered | /ˈlɔɪtəd/ /ˈlɔɪtərd/ |
| -ing form loitering | /ˈlɔɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈlɔɪtərɪŋ/ |
- to stand or wait somewhere especially with no obvious reason synonym hang around
- Teenagers were loitering in the street outside.
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch loteren ‘wag about’.Definitions on the go
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