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loiter
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To move or act at a slow speed
Stand or wait around without apparent purpose
To move stealthily or furtively
To pass or spend (time) in idleness
To prevent from progress
Continue, endure
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Verb
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To move or act at a slow speed
dally
dawdle
delay
linger
loll
saunter
stroll
lag
idle
loaf
crawl
creep
diddle
dillydally
dilly-dally
drag
lallygag
lollygag
mope
poke
shilly-shally
tarry
mooch
mosey
skulk
amble
dabble
drift
flag
go slowly
halt
hover
lurk
pause
procrastinate
ramble
shamble
shuffle
slacken
slough
trail
traipse
wander
hang about
fritter away
hang out
pass time
put off
get no place fast
wait
hang around
plod
waste time
stay
putter
straggle
remain
fall behind
kill time
drag one's feet
drag your feet
stall
meander
lag behind
goof around
potter
mark time
stay put
stick around
horse around
stop
limp
dither
tootle
pootle
hesitate
temporize
US
trail behind
take one's time
temporise
UK
drop behind
walk slowly
move slowly
fool around
toddle
potter around
hang fire
bide
rest
trudge
inch
swan
tail
hang back
while away time
bimble
ooze
maunder
vacillate
walk
roam
not keep pace
take your time
retard
trifle
tramp
hang round
tromp
fanny about
kick around
wait around
lounge about
hang on
hum and haw
bum around
do nothing much
play a waiting game
pass the time
abide
tool
slouch
lose time
nose
filibuster
snail
stagger
lodge
lounge
fribble
hold back
dwell
doodle
totter
falter
goof off
promenade
perambulate
stray
defer
postpone
stravaig
be slow
bring up the rear
hike
creak along
drop back
warm a chair
fool about
potter about
rove
waver
haver
putter around
fiddle around
beat the meat
monkey around
potter round
swither
stump
adjourn
play for time
sit tight
ankle
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
take a stroll
let the grass grow under one's feet
take the air
mess around
spin one's wheels
fart around
go for a walk
sashay
hold off
stay behind
take a walk
be indecisive
percolate
prowl
creep around
twiddle your thumbs
idle away the hours
fill in time
fritter
burn daylight
fiddle about
piddle
fritter away time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
slack
streel
shirk
schlepp along
coast
float
trill
go for a stroll
kick about
diddle-daddle
traik
stonewall
fluctuate
boondoggle
fritter time away
lie in wait for
take it easy
stroll along
pussyfoot around
drag your heels
hem and haw
blow hot and cold
shlep along
sit around
scrounge around
fall back
decrease
drop
fail
diminish
loiter along
sit on one's butt
fool with
while away
trifle with
wane
drag behind
ebb
go aimlessly
buy time
slow
hobble
jelly
play games with
twiddle
fall off
inch along
be behind
slow up
lose strength
stay close
wait about
wait nearby
range
move at a snail's pace
prolong
protract
stumble
play
stay nearby
goldbrick
cool
dangle
droop
sag
lumber
futz around
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
take a raincheck
be undecided
suspend action
let slide
drag one's heels
be dilatory
remit
shelve
straddle
hang down
err
scramble
spread
stop over
dodder
waddle
peregrinate
be late
string out
be strung out
poke around
hold the phone
galumph
clump
stomp
lump
flounder
scuffle
scuff
stamp
barge
slog
hold up
put over
lay over
hold over
draggle
hoof it
get some exercise
boogie
get some air
walk casually
gander
stand
lurch
shift
pound
flog
change
stick
settle
scuff one's feet
put on hold
put back
hold off on
put on ice
leave to another time
suspend
prorogue
reschedule
put on the back burner
hang
reside
await
limp along
creep along
perch
endure
nest
continue
outstay
squat
bunk
roost
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
appear to pass slowly
slow down
go on too long
go on and on
relax
go at a snail's pace
become tedious
hold on
sweat it out
hold the fort
keep on
remain behind
put down roots
establish yourself
be left
stay out
establish oneself
play the fool
prat about
have a laugh
muck around
loll around
have a lark
act the fool
lounge around
chill out
laze around
rest up
lark around
play around
mooch around
faff about
fiddle
amuse oneself
muck about
clown around
clown
think twice
equivocate
oscillate
hedge
gain time
prevaricate
teeter
tergiversate
wobble
scruple
wabble
obstruct
deliberate
beat about the bush
cease
sit on the fence
discontinue
yo-yo
be irresolute
be uncertain
balk
US
shillyshally
get cold feet
baulk
UK
desist
balance
be unsure
take a breather
let up
take a break
stop briefly
take ten
call time
have a breather
take five
hold your horses
hold your fire
bide one's time
see-saw
refuse
avoid
rebuff
evade
resist
be evasive
be ambivalent
palter
adopt Fabian tactics
be in two minds
be tardy
be long
prevent
block
avoid committing oneself
use dilatory tactics
hinder
distract
divert
stall for time
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
put something on the back burner
employ delaying tactics
tumble
tremble
surcease
refrain
take too long
be leisurely
proceed in a leisurely fashion
not hurry
refrain from
roll
quaver
sway
bobble
reel
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
put something off
take no action
avoid doing something
sojourn
change one's mind
break
keep from doing something
hold one's horses
bivouac
live
inhabit
cling
interrupt
break off
stay over
make camp
stay on
pull up
sideline
shake
take a breath
reflect
look forward
lie in wait
be patient
lie low
keep shirt on
hold one's breath
save it
sweat it
hang onto your hat
cool it
hold everything
wait in the wings
sit up for
twiddle one's thumbs
stand by
wait on
kick your heels
cool your heels
stay up for
bide your time
alternate
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
demur
seesaw
pussyfoot
stop what you're doing
doubt
boggle
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
be doubtful
be hesitant
shy away
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
more ❯
“The weather had tempted them to
loiter
along the banks of the Cherwell.”
Verb
▲
Stand or wait around without apparent purpose
linger
potter
idle
laze
loaf
lounge
skulk
wait
tarry
hang around
kill time
waste time
hang about
hang round
mooch about
mooch around
while away time
hang out
loll
dawdle
dally
bum
dillydally
chill
footle
lazy
drone
kick back
goof off
kick around
hack around
veg out
lie around
stay
haunt
slack
pass time
take it easy
relax
frequent
vegetate
malinger
goldbrick
be unoccupied
fritter away
spend time
mooch
skive
do nothing
lounge around
kick your heels
fritter away time
be inactive
bum around
sit around
fool around
slow down
remain
sprawl
be idle
recline
saunter
slouch
lie
hover
outspan
stall
trifle
bask
lie about
laze around
be slothful
knock around
stand around
not lift a finger
while away hours
loaf about
lounge about
loll about
while away the time
loll around
loaf around
mark time
twiddle thumbs
be indolent
unwind
daydream
veg
flop
slump
hang
doss
piddle around
fool away
piddle about
while away the hours
rest
make yourself at home
fritter time away
repose
sit
lean
luxuriate
consume time
sit on one's hands
amuse oneself
idle away the hours
twiddle your thumbs
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
creep
stretch oneself
drape oneself
abide
slacken
hang loose
lie back
lean back
lie down on job
dwell
languish
reside
stagnate
fritter
while
degenerate
slummock
moulder
UK
lollygag
bludge
roam
live
molder
US
fanny about
bat back and forth
lay on one's oars
slouch about
bat about
bob off
slouch around
kick one's heels
sit back
go to seed
rest on one's oars
sit back and do nothing
while away
laze about
bat around
stick around
drift
stroll
piddle
shirk
evade
dream
shirk one's duties
take things easy
let down
chill out
spread out
stretch out
mess around
flop about
flop around
vacillate
amble
wander
stooge
droop
moon
deteriorate
exist
bat
meander
futz
decay
hibernate
weaken
chillax
do nothing in particular
twiddle one's thumbs
go to pot
be inert
lie dormant
sunbathe
fiddle around
mess about
put your feet up
take a breather
take five
take a break
sun
warm oneself
toast yourself
warm yourself
sun oneself
toast oneself
swim in
be supine
couch
be recumbent
sleep
retire
be prostrate
stretch oneself out
lie down
go to bed
siesta
be prone
nap
be stretched out
turn in
more ❯
“Egg-laying hens
loiter
near their hen house and sometimes into the flowerbed.”
Verb
▲
To move stealthily or furtively
skulk
lurk
slink
sneak
creep
pussyfoot
prowl
sidle
mooch
mouse
pad
slip
slope
snake
steal
shirk
sidestep
slide
snoop
tiptoe
move furtively
stalk
gumshoe
creep around
go furtively
move with stealth
edge
glide
ghost
move stealthily
slither
nose
insinuate
soft-shoe
crawl
tread warily
pass
go stealthily
pass quietly
ooze
flit
insinuate oneself
move secretly
insinuate yourself
ease
case
worm
wind
wriggle
wander
shuffle
undulate
slick
coast
skitter
meander
cower
glissade
move quietly
rove
roam
hunt
scavenge
cruise
range
pick your way
watch one's step
patrol
stroll
tramp
nose around
hang around
lie in wait
encroach
inch
squirm
writhe
pull oneself
drag yourself
move unnoticed
walk quietly
crawl along
move on all fours
approach unnoticed
move on hands and knees
crawl on all fours
Verb
▲
To pass or spend (time) in idleness
idle
fritter
pass
while
laze
employ
fill
occupy
spend
use
beguile
devote
dissipate
expend
kill
shirk
waste
fill in
fill up
take up
use up
while away
fritter away
idle away
blow
allocate
Verb
▲
To prevent from progress
retard
arrest
check
decelerate
delay
handicap
brake
clog
detain
hinder
impede
obstruct
encumber
postpone
slow down
stall
defer
hamper
curb
hamstring
hold back
hold up
inhibit
set back
slow up
interrupt
keep back
put back
restrain
restrict
slacken
slow
cumber
stay
trammel
baffle
baulk
UK
balk
US
bog
choke
crimp
dawdle
decrease
down
falter
fetter
flag
hesitate
interfere with
lessen
loaf
mire
poke
reduce
retardate
put a brake on
back off
bog down
choke off
close off
hang up
let up
shut down
shut off
take down
bring to screeching halt
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
temper
stunt
limit
curtail
regulate
lag
moderate
abate
diminish
qualify
reef
procrastinate
embog
quiet
rein in
wind down
keep waiting
lose speed
put the brakes on
cut back
lose steam
back-water
cut down
anchor it
hit the brakes
let down flaps
get in the way of
block
stop
cramp
stymie
thwart
prevent
frustrate
shackle
halt
constrain
bar
hobble
bridle
handcuff
foil
hog-tie
manacle
embarrass
tie up
short-circuit
forestall
control
cripple
repress
suppress
deter
bork
derail
prohibit
withhold
hold
dam
stand in the way of
contain
stifle
confine
disrupt
stem
stonewall
counteract
put off
oppose
keep
suspend
avert
stave off
hold in
get in the way
put an end to
hold down
catch
burden
tie
interfere
smother
freeze
govern
straiten
scupper
tame
debar
interdict
ward off
weigh down
shut out
cut off
nip in the bud
keep lid on
still
pause
circumvent
counter
shelve
discontinue
intermit
staunch
muzzle
rein
constrict
disadvantage
draw up
measure
rule
reschedule
bind
forbid
pull up
fetch up
make late
avoid
keep under control
keep in check
put on hold
choke back
hem in
bottle up
cork
pull in
bring to a standstill
defend against
head off
stem the flow of
hold off
put a stop to
sabotage
discourage
prorogue
crab
neutralize
US
occlude
muffle
defeat
bottleneck
ruin
inconvenience
preclude
sandbag
chain
subdue
stanch
evade
congest
overload
neutralise
UK
terminate
protract
faze
circumscribe
nullify
circumnavigate
oppress
entangle
bring up
contravene
resist
jam
cut short
clot
stuff
fight back
leash
gag
bit
sidestep
skirt
imprison
close
stop up
ward
can
steer clear of
box in
spoil
keep a lid on
bite back
gaol
UK
jail
US
rule out
hold over
keep in
cramp one's style
be a hindrance to
ease up
lock up
put at a disadvantage
saddle with
keep within bounds
cool off
place at a disadvantage
clog up
plug up
bring to an end
keep the lid on
cool
kill
gum up
bung up
end
straitjacket
sink
cause to wait
cause to stay
remit
dissuade from
impair
prolong
debilitate
withstand
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
dissuade
quash
snag
prevent from making progress
incommode
barricade
block up
drag one's feet
tie one's hands
get bogged down
sideline
entrap
discomfit
rattle
taboo
outlaw
enjoin
charge
discommode
bother
tether
hold off on
disconcert
get out of
blockade
fix
scrub
sidetrack
drop
brace
strangle
slam on the brakes
give disadvantage
take out
put out of commission
put paid to
escape
bypass
beat
peg
discipline
make difficult
set limits on
impose limits on
entrammel
foul up
screw up
put on brakes
put an stop to
knock off
overturn
scotch
chill
obviate
intercept
forfend
keep at bay
turn aside
stave
fend off
keep off
anticipate
give a hard time
stand
fence
deflect
put a limit on
louse up
dampen
incarcerate
intern
harness
wreck
put the stopper on
stump
ditch
take wind out of
upset
outwit
crash
do for
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spoke in the wheel of
cool down
hold in check
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
squelch
swallow
keep down
box up
keep in line
tie down
impound
bring under control
have on a tight leash
sit on
put away
pin down
pull back
rein back
guide
direct
crack down
hogtie
delimit
ban
lock in
coop up
fence in
close in
immure
deny
concuss
shut in
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
stand still
come to a standstill
not move
stand off
peter out
repulse
rebuff
checkmate
wrong
adjourn
put half nelson on
slacken pace
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
cease
go slower
slack
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
lose pace
reduce speed
lessen one's speed
slam on the anchors
slack up
slacken off
throttle
saddle
load
screen
obscure
pigeonhole
complicate
break off
table
disband
dissolve
prorogate
recess
become slower
mothball
put aside
monkey with
make slower
push back
lay on the table
put on back burner
count out
take a rain check on
put in abeyance
file
lay off
lay aside
break up
inactivate
put on the back burner
hang fire
quit
pink-slip
put in cold storage
call a halt to
keep in abeyance
put on ice
waive
lay over
omit
get slower
put on the shelf
hold in abeyance
reduce in speed
lumber
laden
lade
overtax
weight
freight
stress
strain
tax
overwhelm
overburden
plug
bung
obturate
die
squeeze
dam up
gibbet
drown
fill
gunge up
wring
stopper
fill up
silt up
noose
more ❯
Verb
▲
Continue, endure
hang on
cling
clutch
continue
endure
grasp
grip
linger
persevere
persist
remain
wait
be tough
carry on
cling on
go on
hang about
hang around
hold fast
hold on
hold out
latch on
stick around
keep it up
kick your heels
see it through
stick it out
keep a hold on
bear up
be comfortable
be stable
last
clasp
stick
hold your own
keep hold of
stay
stay behind
hang out
hang back
hang round
wait around
stall
stay put
stop
more ❯
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