lingerverb [ I ]
uk/ˈlɪŋ.ɡər/us/ˈlɪŋ.ɡɚ/C2 to take a long time to leave or disappear:
After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.
The smell from the fire still lingered days later.
It's impossible to forget such horrific events - they linger (on) in the memory forever.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Staying and remaining
- closeted
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stay behind
- stop
- tarry
- vestigial
- wait
- wait behind
- wait for sb
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lingerer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈlɪŋ.ɡər.ər/us/ˈlɪŋ.ɡɚ.ɚ/