lurking

English

Verb

lurking

1. present participle of lurk

Noun

lurking (plural lurkings)

1. The act of one who lurks.
   • 2011, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals (page 99)

     In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.