Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lurk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lurk \Lurk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lurking}.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source
of E. lower to frown. See {Lower}, and cf. {Lurch}, a sudden
roll, {Lurch} to lurk.]
1. To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den.
--Spenser.
Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov.
i. 11.
2. To keep out of sight.
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks.
--Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lurk
v 1: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive
manner [syn: {skulk}]
2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
the department?" [syn: {loiter}, {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag},
{loaf}, {lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {tarry},
{linger}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
3: wait in hiding to attack [syn: {ambush}, {scupper}, {bushwhack},
{waylay}, {ambuscade}, {lie in wait}]
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