Dictionary Entry
loiter
loiter is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 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 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.
- 2intransitive verb
To wander as an idle vagrant.
- 3verb
be about
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"
"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
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