loiter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: loiter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for loiter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loiter v 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loiter \Loi"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loitered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loitering}.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. lotar.] 1. To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind. Sir John, you loiter here too long. --Shak. If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. --Rogers. 2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.