Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loiter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loiter \Loi"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loitered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Loitering}.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G.
lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant,
OHG. lotar.]
1. To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory;
to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.
Sir John, you loiter here too long. --Shak.
If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace.
--Rogers.
2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loiter
v : be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
the department?" [syn: {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag}, {loaf},
{lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {tarry}, {linger},
{lurk}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
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