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BNC: 20520 COCA: 20984

loiter

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
loiter /ˈloɪtɚ/ verb
loiters; loitered; loitering
loiter
/ˈloɪtɚ/
verb
loiters; loitered; loitering
Learner's definition of LOITER
[no object]
: to remain in an area when you do not have a particular reason to be there无事停留；闲待着

— loiterer

/ˈloɪtɚrɚ/ noun, plural loiterers [count]
BNC: 20520 COCA: 20984

loiter

verb

loi·​ter ˈlȯi-tər How to pronounce loiter (audio)
loitered; loitering; loiters

intransitive verb

1
: to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
asked him not to loiter on the way home
2
a
: to remain in an area for no obvious reason
teenagers loitering in the parking lot
b
: to lag behind
a crowd of people, who loitered to hear the bloodcurdling threats the prisoner shouted Willa Cather
loiter noun
loiterer
ˈlȯi-tər-ər How to pronounce loiter (audio)
noun

Synonyms

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delay, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind.

delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure).

we cannot delay any longer

procrastinate implies blameworthy delay especially through laziness or apathy.

procrastinates about making decisions

lag implies failure to maintain a speed set by others.

lagging behind in technology

loiter and dawdle imply delay while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time.

loitered at several store windows
children dawdling on their way home from school

dally suggests delay through trifling or vacillation when promptness is necessary.

stop dallying and get to work

Example Sentences

Loitering is prohibited outside the theaters. don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of loiter was in the 14th century
BNC: 20520 COCA: 20984

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