Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: 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

See Also: be, conceal, hide, lurch, prowl, wait

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