Verb: loiter loy-tu(r)
- Spend time in one place doing little or wasting time
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square";
- lounge, footle [informal], lollygag [N. Amer, informal], loaf [informal], lallygag [N. Amer, informal], hang around, mess about [informal], tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, dillydally [informal], dilly-dally [informal], mooch [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: loiters, loitering, loitered
Type of: wait
Encyclopedia: Loiter