Search results
- Dictionaryloiter/ˈlɔɪtə/
verb
- 1. stand or wait around without apparent purpose: "she saw Mary loitering near the cloakrooms" Similar
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of LOITER is to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle. How to use loiter in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Loiter.
LOITER definition: 1. to move slowly around or stand in a public place without an obvious reason: 2. to go slowly…. Learn more.
To loiter is to hang around a place with no real purpose, usually somewhere where you are not welcome — like under the “No Loitering” sign at a convenience store. If you’re a dawdler, or a loafer, then you are probably inclined to loiter from time to time.
To loiter is to linger aimlessly: to loiter outside a building. To dally is to loiter indecisively or to delay as if free from care or responsibility: to dally on the way home. To dawdle is to saunter, stopping often, and taking a great deal of time, or to fritter away time working in a halfhearted way: to dawdle over a task.
LOITER definition: to stand in a place or walk slowly around without any purpose: . Learn more.
Definition of loiter verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to linger aimlessly or as if aimlessly in or about a place. 2. to move in a slow, idle manner. 3. to waste time or dawdle over work. v.t. 4. to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usu. fol. by away ): to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.
