Loiter

Verb

 * 1) To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.
 * For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.

Adverbs for Loiter
undecidedly; jauntily; lackadaisically; tantalizingly; idly; luxuriously; persistently; excessively.

Thesaurus
abide, await, bide, bide the issue, bum, bum around, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, do nothing, doodle, drag, fall behind, falter, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flag, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, frivol, get behind, goof off, halt, hang about, hang around, hang back, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, horse around, idle, jerk off, kid around, lag, laze, lazy, lie around, linger, linger behind, loaf, loiter about, loll, loll around, lollop around, lollygag, lounge, lounge around, mark time, mess around, monkey, monkey around, mooch around, moon, moon around, piddle, play, play around, play with, poke, potter, procrastinate, put off, putter, shilly-shally, sit around, sit tight, sit up, slouch, slouch around, smatter, stand around, stay, stay up, stick around, straggle, take time, tarry, tinker, toy, toy with, trail, trail behind, trifle, twiddle, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waste time

Etymology
From loteren: (compare Dutch leuteren:). Cognate with Swiss German lottern:, German Lotterbube:.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German: rumlungern
 * Hungarian:, lézeng,
 * Italian:, , , ,


 * Latin: moror
 * Polish: wałęsać się
 * Russian: торчать, околачиваться , ошиваться

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