Sekirov Dictionary

loiter

UK /ˈlɔɪtə(ɹ)/US /ˈlɔɪtɚ/

verb 4
noun 1
forms 5

verb4

•
To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
- For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
•
To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
- [Sergio] Agüero, as usual, was loitering with intent and swung his left foot at the ball. The shot was going wide but [David] Silva was there to apply the decisive touch inside the six-yard area. — 2015
Of an aircraft, to remain in the air near a target.
•
(no longer used) To stroll about without any aim or purpose, to ramble, to wander.
- With weary steps I loiter on, ⁠Tho’ always under alter’d skies ⁠The purple from the distance dies, My prospect and horizon gone. — 1850

noun1

•
A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.
- Oh, Sir, we just got up in the morning and had a loiter and a pipe on the green; then we got our breakfasts; […] — 1865

forms

loitered · loitering · loitereth · loiters · loiterest

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