loiter



loiter around

to idle somewhere; to hang around. Stop loitering around! Get going! The kids were loitering around for most of the summer.
See also: around, loiter

loiter over something

to dawdle or linger over something. Don't loiter over your meal. I want to start the dishwasher. I wish you wouldn't loiter over your chores.
See also: loiter

loiter something away

to idle away a period of time. Those boys will loiter half their lives away. They loitered away their summer vacation.
See also: away, loiter

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Snow[snəu]
Jelisaveta-Serbian
RuneROO-neNorwegian, Danish, Swedish
Chima-Western African, Igbo
SheldonSHEL-dənEnglish
Dunya-Russian