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US
/ˈɫɝk/
]
[ UK /lˈɜːk/ ]
[ UK /lˈɜːk/ ]
VERB
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
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be about
The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
Who is this man that is hanging around the department? - wait in hiding to attack
How To Use lurk In A Sentence
- We've moved from imagining a little homunculus lurking in the sperm to one hiding in the genome.
- There's a strangeness about the whole image, as though a story lurks untold. The Times Literary Supplement
- The land was wild and empty, but there always seemed to be a human shape lurking in the tunnels.
- To the right you see an ordinary nephroid lurking in a coffee cup. Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Imaginary Law Firms, Part 1: Brannock, Foley, and Freeth
- Free-range pigs have shelters shaped as triangles or half circles, but most porkers were lurking inside; pine trees had snow plastered on the north side of their trunks and the hot sun on the south side.
- He is out there somewhere, lurking in the shadows of the underworld and, I do not doubt, burning for revenge. LION IN THE VALLEY
- One of the current topics on the Child-Lit listserv, where I usually lurk, is a discussion "Harry Potter -- Hype or Word Of Mouth," which got me thinking about when I first read HP and its impact on me, personally and professionally. How I Found Out About Harry
- A dozen or so greenish boulders lurked with angular menace below.
- I guess Michael Powell has been lurking on some of these community WiFi mailing lists.
- Drake's eyes made a quick scan of the alley to ensure that no other threat lurked nearby, then his gaze returned to the man.