Antonyms for loiter

Grammar : Verb

Spell : loi-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔɪ tər

Definition of loiter

Origin : early 15c., "idle one's time, dawdle over work," from Middle Dutch loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with Old English lutian "lurk," and related to Old English loddere "beggar;" Old High German lotar "empty, vain," luzen "lurk;" German Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," lauschen "eavesdrop;" Gothic luton "mislead;" Old English lyðre "base, bad, wicked." Related: Loitered; loitering.

verb hang around; stroll

Example sentences :

But the Prussians were drawing near: it would not answer to loiter behind the wall.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

He attempted to loiter, and threw in a line as if his only intention were to fish.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

He seemed to loiter, as if on purpose to meet with our hero.
Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott

But the Secretary's messengers know when to hasten and when to loiter on the way.
Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope

Very few people are, as a rule, in Paris, and these are not tempted to loiter.
Extract from : « The Library » by Andrew Lang

I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for such things, if he did.
Extract from : « A Christmas Carol » by Charles Dickens

As for those of us who remain, we will loiter as much as ever we please.
Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker

Such then as loiter and live idly, are not good prelates, or ministers.
Extract from : « Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses » by Hugh Latimer

Now they might take their ease, now they might loiter in the gardens of the Loire.
Extract from : « The Red True Story Book » by Various

Whatever may be their effect, I shall not loiter at either place.
Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII » by Various

Synonyms for loiter

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