loitered

Verb

loiter (third-person singular simple present loiters, present participle loitering, simple past and past participle loitered)

1. (intransitive) To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
   • For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.

   Synonyms:

   lepak, linger, hang around

2. (archaic, intransitive) To stroll about without any aim or purpose, to ramble, to wander.
   • With weary steps I loiter on,
     ⁠Tho’ always under alter’d skies
     ⁠The purple from the distance dies,
     My prospect and horizon gone.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 59
3. (intransitive) To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
   • The dancing, which had been suspended, now recommenced with additional animation, and De Candale claimed Francesca's hand; but the rooms were crowded, and they stood for some time loitering on one of the terraces.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 47
4. (intransitive) Of an aircraft, to remain in the air near a target.

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