| VERB | stative | loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | be about |
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| Sounds | loy'ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | Be about. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square" | |
| Synonyms | lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | |
| Narrower | prowl, lurch | loiter about, with no apparent aim |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | acechar, dar vueltas, demorarse, entretenerse, holgazanear, merodear, perder el tiempo, permanecer, pulular, quedarse, vagar | |
| Catalan | demorar-se, dropejar, entretenir-se, gandulejar, pul·lular, voltar | |
| Nouns | loiterer | someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place |
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