loiter
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle Dutch loteren (“to wobble”) (compare Dutch leuteren). Cognate with Swiss German lottern (“to wobble”), German Lotterbube (“rascal”).
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[edit] Verb
loiter (third-person singular simple present loiters, present participle loitering, simple past and past participle loitered)
- To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.
- For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
[edit] Translations
to stand about idly
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