What does lurky mean?
Lurky means (rare, informal) Tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare, informal) Tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking.
This form of personal attachment and spatial transformation is particularly evident when Pat Purdy talks about the 'lurky place' where the kids would seek refuge.
The children's ideas were creative responses to the lines of the original: a lurky stream, dark, muddy, soil coming up from the bottom.
Since the red-back is highly venomous and since it is a lurky little bastard and since we all had kids of an age to poke their fingers into every possible spider-refuge, this was a worrying time.
Use lurky when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lurky means (rare, informal) Tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking.
Common synonyms include furtive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This form of personal attachment and spatial transformation is particularly evident when Pat Purdy talks about the 'lurky place' where the kids would seek refuge.
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