单词 | loiter |
释义 | loitern. rare. The action of loitering; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting loitering1362 triflinga1382 dalliance1567 piddling1580 baubling1608 idlement1622 concessation1623 paddling1642 sauntering1680 puddling1695 dawdle1813 dawdling1819 puttering1835 pottering1844 peddling1851 tiddlywinking1869 loiter1876 frivolling1882 potter1897 muckings1898 futzing1907 piffling1914 fucking1931 monkeying1932 muck-about1968 twatting1989 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > slow movement or progress > instance of dawdle1813 loiter1876 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 171 Picotee..moved on in a manner intended to efface the lover's loiter of the preceding moments from her own consciousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). loiterv. 1. intransitive. a. In early use: To idle, waste one's time in idleness. Now only with more specific meaning: To linger indolently on the way when sent on an errand or when making a journey; to linger idly about a place; to waste time when engaged in some particular task, to dawdle. Frequently in legal phrase to loiter with intent (to commit a felony). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (intransitive)] > carry out criminal activities > loiter with intent to loiter with intent1891 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 458 Þenne was þe gome so glad of his gay logge, Lys loltrande [Morris conjectures loitrande] þer-inne, lokande to toune. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 311/1 Loytron, or byn ydyl, ocior. 1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden ii. v. 77 He slough caym that loyterd [Trevisa: loted] amonge the busshes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 613/1 He loytreth aboute lyke a maysterlesse hounde. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 613/2 And you sende hym, he wyll sure loyter somewhere by the waye. c1540 Hye way to Spyttel Ho. 143 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 29 Lowtryng, and wandryng fro place to place. 1553 Primer in Liturgies, etc. Edw. VI (Parker Soc.) 472 Laboured nothing at all, but went abroad loitering idly. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 187 Sir Iohn, you loyter heere too long. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 349 Some of them doe naught but loiter all the weeke long. 1660 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 359 People might loyter about the streets in sermon time. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 256 A Javelin threw, Which flutt'ring, seemed to loiter as it flew. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 85 Nobody may loyter about in order to attempt it without instant suspicion. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 28 Oct. 233 I loiter in the shop with my needle-work in my hand. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xvi. 254 Officers..loitered in the hall, as in waiting for orders. View more context for this quotation 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 110 I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 8 These weak old men who loitered about. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 June 3/2 Cabmen have had to pay..fines..for ‘loitering and obstructing’ the roads... To loiter, in cabman's English, means to ply for hire. 1891 Act 54 & 55 Vict. c. 69 §7 The provisions [shall be] applied also to every suspected person or reputed thief loitering about or in any of the said places and with the said intent. 1899 C. Rook Hooligan Nights i. 16 You get lagged for loiterin' wiv intent to commit a felony or some dam nonsense like that. 1952 Economist 26 Jan. 207/3 Montgomery is always suspected of loitering with intent. 1957 M. Gair Sapphires on Wednesday iii. 42 What he was doing was casing the gaff; or, in police terms, ‘loitering with intent to commit a felony’. b. To travel or proceed indolently and with frequent pauses. With adverbs or adverbial phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] creepc1175 lugc1400 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 crawlc1460 lounge?a1513 slug1565 drawl1566 draggle1577 fodge1581 snail1582 laggerc1620 slagger1622 snail1628 flod1674 delay1690 to drag one’s slow length along1711 soss1711 loiter1728 trail1744 sidle1781 soodle1821 linger1826 ooze1847 slope1851 laggard1864 dawdle1872 tiddle1882 oozle1958 pootle1973 society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > slowly loiter1789 humbug1840 snail1936 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 218 Prose swell'd to verse, Verse loitring into prose. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 1 We have lingered and loitered..from port to port. 1827–35 N. P. Willis Florence Gray 32 I loiter'd up the valley to a small and humbler ruin. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxviii. 59 With weary steps I loiter on. View more context for this quotation 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlviii. 445 From the 13th of July to the 13th of August we loitered along. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iv. 51 He loitered thoughtfully along the uneven highway. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 161 The Avon loiters past the churchyard. c. To delay action. ΚΠ 1822–56 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (1902) 156 Even honorable lawyers will not in a case of this nature move at a faster pace: they will all alike loiter upon varied allegations through six months. 2. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > be remiss about slack1530 loiterc1540 forslack1570 disneglect1800 c1540 Hye Way to Spyttel Ho. 871 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 62 But lye in bed,..Lewtryng theyr worke tyll it pas noone. b. To allow (time, etc.) to pass idly; to waste carelessly or upon trifles. Obsolete except with away; occasionally with †out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > cause to be idle or inactive [verb (transitive)] > occupy oneself triflingly with > waste (time) in trifling activity trifle outa1450 trifle1532 loiter1549 picklea1568 toy1575 trifle1587 rust1604 to idle (time) away1652 fool1657 to dally away1685 dangle1727 to piddle away1743 peddle1866 potter1883 putter1911 gold-brick1918 1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .ii Be not of the nombre of those men, whiche..loyter the tyme..and do no good at all. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Biii When thou arte determined What knowledge thou wilt most apply Then let it not be loytered, But seke to get it spedily. 1680 T. Otway Orphan ii. 13 Not loyter out my life at home. 1689 W. Sherlock Pract. Disc. Death iii. §7. 322 These Men have loitered away the day. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 173 It would have been extreme imprudence..to have loitered away so much time. 1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana I. 50 The little lake..on the banks of which I loitered out my schoolboy holidays. a1903 Mod. We loitered away the rest of the day. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxv. 111 To loyter well deserued gifts is not to giue but sell. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person caynard1303 sluggard1398 luskc1420 slugc1425 truantc1449 dawa1500 hummel?a1513 rook?a1513 wallydraigle?a1513 sloven1523 dronea1529 draw latch1538 slim1548 slouk1570 do-nothing1579 bumbiea1585 do-little1586 lazybones1593 luskin1593 do-naught1594 loiter-sack1594 bed-presser1598 lazy lizard1600 lazy-back1611 fainéant1618 nothing-do1623 trivant1624 slothful1648 lolpoop1661 tool1699 haggis1822 lazy-boots1832 lazy-legs1838 poke1847 never-sweat1851 slob1876 bum1882 haggis bag1892 lollop1896 trouble-shirker1908 warb1933 fuck-off1948 poop-butt1967 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie ii. ii. sig. C3v If the loitersacke be gone springing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out. 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