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Verb: loiter  loytu(r)
  1. Be about
    "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"
    - lounge, footle, lollygag [N. Amer], loaf, lallygag [N. Amer], hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, mooch [Brit]

Derived forms: loitered, loiters, loitering

See also: loiterer

Type of: be

Encyclopedia: Loiter