Verb: hang around hang-u'rawnd
- Spend time in one place doing little or wasting time
"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?";
- loiter, lounge, footle [informal], lollygag [N. Amer, informal], loaf [informal], lallygag [N. Amer, informal], mess about [informal], tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, dillydally [informal], dilly-dally [informal], mooch [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: hung around, hangs around, hanging around
Type of: wait