verb [V]
1 [usually +adv./prep.] to wait somewhere secretly, especially because you are going to do sth bad or illegal:
Why are you lurking around outside my house? * A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.
2 when sth unpleasant or dangerous lurks, it is present but not in an obvious way:
At night, danger lurks in these streets. * a lurking doubt / suspicion
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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