'Lurk' definitions:

Definition of 'lurk'

From: WordNet
verb
Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner [syn: lurk, skulk]
verb
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, lurk, mill about, mill around]
verb
Wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]

Definition of 'Lurk'

From: GCIDE
  • Lurk \Lurk\ (l[^u]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurked (l[^u]rkt); 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 hidden; to lie in wait. [1913 Webster]
  • Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov. i. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To keep out of sight. [1913 Webster]
  • The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'lurk'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Lurk'