LURKING

Verb

lurking

present participle of lurk

Noun

lurking (plural lurkings)

The act of one who lurks.

Source: Wiktionary


LURK

Lurk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurked; p. pr. & vb. n. Lurking.] Etym: [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See Lower, and cf. Lurch, a sudden roll, Lurch to lurk.]

1. To lie hid; to lie in wait. Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den. Spenser. Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. Prov. i. 11.

2. To keep out of sight. The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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