lurk

Found in thesaurus: hide, conceal, be, wait

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lurk
v. lie in wait; hide; prowl, sneak about, slink; exist unsuspected or unseen; (Internet) be a passive participant in a discussion group (read other people's messages without adding one's own comments)
 
n. hideout

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Lurk
Lurk, lurker, or lurking may refer to:
  • Lurker, a person who often reads discussions on internet networks but seldom contributes to them.
  • Lurk, a single long pole held with both hands, used in telemark skiing
  • Lurking variable, or a confounding variable, in statistics
  • Lorelei, nicknamed "Lurking Rock", a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine River near St. Goarshausen, Germany

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lurk

Verb
1. lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
(synonym) skulk
(hypernym) hide, conceal
(derivation) lurker, skulker, lurcher
2. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
(synonym) loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, mill about, mill around
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) prowl, lurch
3. wait in hiding to attack
(synonym) ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, ambuscade, lie in wait
(hypernym) wait
(derivation) lurker, skulker, lurcher


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lurken
v. suck

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lurk
v. číhat