Lurk

Quick meaning: Lurk is a verb meaning To remain concealed in order to ambush.

Meaning

To remain concealed in order to ambush.

More Meanings

1. To remain unobserved.
2. To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
3. (Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
4. (UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
5. The act of lurking.
6. (UK, Australia, slang, obsolete) A swindle.

Example Sentences

As junior dogsbody, he was lurked with this mission.

There were enemies on the lurk and time was against him.

Things lurking in the dark / They like to leave a mark / Inside of you

if we find the sophist lurking, we must round him up by royal command of the argument

Word Forms

• lurks
• lurking
• lurked

Synonyms for lurk

Depending on context, synonyms include lounge, tarry, skulk, ambuscade, lallygag, scupper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include loiter, hang around, ambush, waylay, ambuscade, lounge.

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