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delurk

delurk verb: to reveal oneself, after lurking; to establish a presence on an online newsgroup, forum, etc.

Verb

delurk (third-person singular simple present delurks, present participle delurking, simple past and past participle delurked)

  1. (Internet, intransitive) To reveal oneself, after lurking; to establish a presence on an online newsgroup, forum, etc.

Noun

delurk (plural delurks)

  1. A revealing of oneself after lurking, especially a first post.

Forms of delurk

Verb
third-person singular presentdelurks
present participledelurking
past participledelurked
pastdelurked
Noun
pluraldelurks

Origin of delurk

From de- + lurk.

Words formed from delurk

Questions about delurk

What does delurk mean?
Delurk means to reveal oneself, after lurking; to establish a presence on an online newsgroup, forum, etc.
What part of speech is delurk?
Delurk can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of delurk?
The past tense of delurk is delurked.

Words near delurk in the dictionary

  1. delumptious
  2. Deluna
  3. Delunas
  4. delundung
  5. Delungra
  6. delurk
  7. delurked
  8. delurker
  9. delurkers
  10. delurking
  11. delurks

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