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belurk

belurk verb: to lurk about; lie in wait.

Verb

belurk (third-person singular simple present belurks, present participle belurking, simple past and past participle belurked)

  1. (rare) To lurk about; lie in wait.
    • In ambush for its prey, belurked the Son
      Of man where'er he went, […]1875, Nathaniel Dunn, Satan Chained, page 156
    • Left alone, he's likely to stumble into some of the twisted bypaths, and it will be sheer luck if he escapes the mud puddles and quagmires that belurk the paths of adolescence.1914, Telephony - Volume 67, Issues 1-26, page 18

Forms of belurk

third-person singular presentbelurks
present participlebelurking
past participlebelurked
pastbelurked

Origin of belurk

From be- (“around, about”) + lurk.

Questions about belurk

What does belurk mean?
Belurk means to lurk about; lie in wait.
What part of speech is belurk?
Belurk is a verb.
What is the past tense of belurk?
The past tense of belurk is belurked.

Words near belurk in the dictionary

  1. belulling
  2. belulls
  3. belumosudil
  4. Belur
  5. Beluran
  6. belurk
  7. belute
  8. belutes
  9. beluting
  10. Belux
  11. belvedere

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