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- Dictionarylurk/ləːk/
verb
- 1. be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something: "a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness"
noun
- 1. a profitable stratagem; a dodge or scheme: informal Australian, New Zealand "you'll soon learn the lurks and perks"
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to wait or move in a secret way so that you cannot be seen, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something wrong: Someone was lurking in the shadows. Why are you lurking around in the hallway? [ I usually + adv/prep ] (of an unpleasant feeling or quality) to exist although it is not always noticeable:
to wait or move in a secret way so that you cannot be seen, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something wrong: Someone was lurking in the shadows. Why are you lurking around in the hallway? [ I usually + adv/prep ] (of an unpleasant feeling or quality) to exist although it is not always noticeable:
a lurking person or animal is waiting where he, she, or it cannot be seen, usually waiting to attack or do something bad: Her privacy could be invaded at any time by a lurking photographer. a lurking predator. See. lurk. Fewer examples. There remains a lurking fear that things cannot be as perfect as they seem.
The meaning of LURK is to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose. How to use lurk in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lurk.
To lurk is to lie in wait for someone or to hide about a place, often without motion, for periods of time. Skulk suggests cowardliness and stealth of movement. Sneak emphasizes the attempt to avoid being seen.
To lurk is to creep around, hide out, and wait to attack. Your team’s strategy for winning capture the flag might be to lurk in the bushes for an hour until the opposing side thinks you gave up and went home. The verb lurk means to move furtively or sneak around, usually while you wait to pounce.
To lurk is to lie in wait for someone or to hide about a place, often without motion, for periods of time. skulk suggests cowardliness and stealth of movement. sneak emphasizes the attempt to avoid being seen.
Definition of lurk verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To lurk is to lie in wait for someone or to hide about a place, often without motion, for periods of time. skulk suggests cowardliness and stealth of movement. sneak emphasizes the attempt to avoid being seen.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English lurk /lɜːk $ lɜːrk/ verb [ intransitive] 1 to wait somewhere quietly and secretly, usually because you are going to do something wrong lurk in/behind/beneath/around etc She didn’t see the figure lurking behind the bushes. 2 if something such as danger, a feeling etc lurks somewhere, it ...
