verb
be about
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The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
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Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
• Syn:
↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag, ↑hang around, ↑tarry, ↑linger, ↑lurk, ↑mill about, ↑mill around
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lingerer (for: ↑linger), ↑lounger (for: ↑lounge), ↑loiterer (for: ↑loiter)
• Hypernyms: ↑be
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s PP
Useful english dictionary. 2012.