lurk

lurk
1. verb /lɜːk,lɝk/
a) To remain concealed in order to ambush

Thus my plight was evil indeed, for I had nothing now to burn to give me light, and knew that twas no use setting to grout till I could see to go about it. Moreover, the darkness was of that black kind that is never found beneath the open sky, no, not even on the darkest night, but lurks in close and covered places and strains the eyes in trying to see into it.

b) To remain unobserved

if we find the sophist lurking, we must round him up by royal command of the argument

2. noun /lɜːk,lɝk/
The act of lurking.

There were enemies on the lurk and time was against him.


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  • lurk — vb Lurk, skulk, slink, sneak do not share a common denotation, but they are comparable because the major implication of each word is furtive action intended to escape the attention of others. To lurk is to lie in wait (as in an ambush); the term… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lurk´er — lurk «lurk», intransitive verb. 1. to stay about without arousing attention; wait out of sight: »A tiger was lurking in the jule outside the village. The spy lurked in the shadows. 2. Figurative. to be hidden; be unsuspected or latent: »A cunning …   Useful english dictionary

  • lurk — [lə:k US lə:rk] v [I ] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Low German or a Scandinavian language] 1.) to wait somewhere quietly and secretly, usually because you are going to do something wrong lurk in/behind/beneath/around etc ▪ She didn t… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Lurk — (l[^u]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurked} (l[^u]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lurking}.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See {Lower}, and cf. {Lurch}, a sudden roll, {Lurch} to lurk.] 1. To lie hidden; to lie in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lurk — lurk·ing; lurk; lurk·er; lurk·ing·ly; …   English syllables

  • Lurk — may refer to:* A Lurker * Lurk (Dungeons Dragons) * Lurk, a deliberate misspelling of look. * A Myrddraal * Another name for vampires in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin off comic Fray …   Wikipedia

  • lurk — [ lɜrk ] verb intransitive 1. ) to wait, sometimes hiding, in order to frighten, annoy, or attack someone: Why is that woman lurking around? I saw someone lurking in the bushes and ran. 2. ) if something lurks, it is likely to threaten, harm, or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lurk — (v.) c.1300, lurken to hide, lie hidden, probably from Scandinavian (Cf. dial. Norw. lurka to sneak away, dialectal Swed. lurka to be slow in one s work ), perhaps ultimately related to M.E. luren to frown, lurk (see LOWER (Cf. lower) (v.2)).… …   Etymology dictionary

  • lurk — I verb ambuscade, be stealthy, be unseen, conceal oneself, crouch, delitescere, ensconce oneself, escape detection, escape notice, escape observation, escape recognition, hide, keep out of sight, latere, latitare, lie concealed, lie hidden, lie… …   Law dictionary

  • lurk — [v] hide; move stealthily conceal oneself, creep, crouch, go furtively, gumshoe, lie in wait, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, stay hidden, steal, wait; concepts 151,188 Ant. come out …   New thesaurus

  • lurk — ► VERB 1) be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush. 2) be present in a latent or barely discernible state. ► NOUN Austral./NZ informal ▪ a dodge or scheme. DERIVATIVES lurker noun. ORIGIN perhaps from LO …   English terms dictionary

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