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loitering en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of lingering or remaining in a place aimlessly or without an obvious purpose.
    • NO LOITERING [sign posted where hanging out and causing trouble is unwelcome]
    • When, however, drivers are registering net gains of 12, 13 and 14 min. on a schedule of 99 min. from Leicester to St. Pancras, there has clearly been no loitering on the way! 1959 September 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 626-627:
    • a book about my loiterings in Europe

Forms

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loiterings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

antiloitering

loitering en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of loiter
    form of loiter

Relateds

loafing · idling

Translations (18)

fi norkoilu (The action of the verb loiter) · tr ağır davranma (The action of the verb loiter) · pt vadiagem (The action of the verb loiter) · nl rondhangen (The action of the verb loiter) · ru праздношатание (The action of the verb loiter) · de Herumhängen (The action of the verb loiter) · de Herumgammeln (The action of the verb loiter) · tl ansikot (The action of the verb loiter) · el χρονοτριβή (The action of the verb loiter) · ga leadrán (The action of the verb loiter) · es merodeo (The action of the verb loiter) · fi oleilu (The action of the verb loiter) · es vagancia (The action of the verb loiter) · tl asikot (The action of the verb loiter) · de Rumhängen (The action of the verb loiter) · ru торчание (The action of the verb loiter) · fi aikailu (The action of the verb loiter) · de Herumlungern (The action of the verb loiter)