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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Loiter \Loi"ter\, verb (used without an object) [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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

loiter

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1: 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}]

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