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   loiter

   /ˈlɔɪtə/

   verb

   • 1. stand or wait around without apparent purpose: "she saw Mary loitering near the cloakrooms" Similar lingerpotterwaitskulkloafloungeidlelazewaste timekill timewhile away timeinformal:hang around/roundhang aboutmooch about/aroundarchaic, literary:tarry
   • ▪ walk slowly and with no apparent purpose; dawdle: "the weather had tempted them to loiter along the banks of the Cherwell" Similar dawdledallystrollsaunterlollgo slowlytake one's timego/move at a snail's pacedrag one's feetdelayinformal:dilly-dallymoseymooch

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch loteren ‘wag about’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. loiterer noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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