About The Word Lurk
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Lurk
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What's The Definition Of Lurk?
[v] wait in hiding to attack
[v] be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [v] lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner Synonyms | Synonyms for Lurk: ambuscade | ambush | bushwhack | footle | hang around | lallygag | lie in wait | linger | loaf | loiter | lollygag | lounge | mess about | mill about | mill around | scupper | skulk | tarry | waylay Related Terms | Find terms related to Lurk: be latent | couch | creep | escape notice | gumshoe | hibernate | hide | lay wait | lie beneath | lie dormant | lie hid | lie in wait | lie low | make no sign | nightwalk | prowl | pussyfoot | shadow | skulk | slide | slink | slip | smolder | snake | sneak | stalk | steal | tiptoe | underlie See Also | be | conceal | hide | lurch | prowl | wait Lurk In Webster's Dictionary \Lurk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lurking}.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source
of E. lower to frown. See {Lower}, and cf. {Lurch}, a sudden
roll, {Lurch} to lurk.]
1. To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den.
--Spenser.
Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov.
i. 11.
2. To keep out of sight.
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks.
--Blackstone.
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