lurk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lurk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lurk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lurk v lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner Synonym(s): lurk, skulk be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" Synonym(s): loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around wait in hiding to attack Synonym(s): ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lurk \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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lurk {lurking}