'Loitering' definitions:
Definition of 'Loitering'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sir John, you loiter here too long. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
- Syn: To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'loitering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backward,
- coquetry,
- dabbling,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- easygoing,
- fiddling,
- flirtation,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- foot-dragging,
- goofing off,
- idling,
- jerking off,
- kidding around,
- lackadaisical,
- lag,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- lax,
- lazing,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- lounging,
- messing around,
- Micawberish,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- mopery,
- piddling,
- playing,
- playing around,
- pottering,
- procrastinating,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- puttering,
- remiss,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- smattering,
- tarrying,
- tinkering,
- toying,
- trifling