lurk definition

  • verb-intransitive:
    • To rest in wait, as with ambush.
    • To move furtively; sneak.
    • To exist unobserved or unsuspected: risk hiding around every flex.
    • To read not subscribe to the discussion in a newsgroup, chatroom, or other internet based discussion board.
    • To lay hidden; to rest in wait.
    • to help keep off picture.

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  • verb:
    • to stay concealed in order to ambush
    • to keep unobserved
    • to hang away or delay a location, ideally without attracting attention to oneself
    • to see an internet forum without posting commentary
    • hold off in hiding to strike
    • be about
    • lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

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  • noun:
    • The work of hiding.
    • A trick of imposture; a swindling artifice; a cunning dodge.
    • The act of lurking or prowling.

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  • others:
    • To lay in concealment; conceal or hold out-of picture, as for ambush or escape; skulk.
    • becoming latent or undisclosed; be withdrawn from open manifestation; exist unperceived or unsuspected.

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