Dictionary Entry
linger
linger is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
- 2transitive verb
To protract; to draw out.
- 3transitive verb
To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.
- 4verb
leave slowly and hesitantly
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- 5verb
take one's time; proceed slowly
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- 6verb
be about
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"
"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- 7verb
move to and fro
"The shy student lingered in the corner"
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- 8verb
remain present although waning or gradually dying
"Her perfume lingered on"
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