What (who) is Loiter - definition

TO STAND ABOUT WITHOUT ANY AIM OR PURPOSE

Loiter; Loiter (law); Loiterer; Loiterers

loiter

(loiters, loitering, loitered)

If you loiter somewhere, you remain there or walk up and down without any real purpose.

Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.

VERB: V

Loiter

·vi To wander as an idle vagrant.

II. Loiter ·vi To be slow in moving; to Delay; to Linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to Saunter; to lag behind.

loiter

¦ verb stand around or move without apparent purpose.

Phrases

loiter with intent English Law, dated stand around with the intention of committing an offence.

Derivatives

loiterer noun

Origin

ME: perh. from MDu. loteren 'wag about'.

Wikipedia

Loitering

Loitering is the act of remaining in a particular public place for a prolonged amount of time without any apparent purpose.

While the laws regarding loitering have been challenged and changed over time, loitering is still illegal in various jurisdictions and specific circumstances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loitering

Pronunciation examples for Loiter

1. Villainous-looking Negroes, who loiter and sleep

Rethinking Billie Holiday's Centennial _ Kim Nalley _ Talks at Google

2. loiter around afterwards to say hi and deface books.

The Greatest Maths Mistakes _ Matt Parker _ Talks at Google

3. Sometimes these guys just like to loiter around,

The Recruit (2003)

4. And automatic takeoff, and landing, and loiter, and

The New Industrial Revolution _ Chris Anderson _ Talks at Google

5. and then I will loiter around afterwards to have a chat.

Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension _ Matt Parker _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of Loiter

1. Some loiter on the streets and become petty criminals.

2. Youngsters loiter outside his shop and pester customers to buy them alcohol and cigarettes, he said.

3. Loiter by the entrance and strike up conversations with the tenants.

4. Groups of teenagers, members of Kosovo‘s new Albanian baby boom generation, loiter by a roadside.

5. The adult male population did not loiter aimlessly, as in many urban African centres.