to lurk
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5.5
- verb
- /lɜrk/
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- Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
- lurk in the shadows
- danger lurks
- lurk in the background
There's another problem lurking in our Stone Age minds.
- There's another problem lurking in our Stone Age minds.
- This basic substance, he says, lurks at our very core.
- Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
- No one has exactly the same primal genius that lurks at your core that makes you special.
- They're they're kind of like lurking up there being creepy.
Examples
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He was lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike.
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Why are you lurking behind the bushes?
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Why are you lurking, hmm?
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Some kind of danger lurking close by.
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But also not knowing the dangers that lurk is downright dangerous.
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However, the Red Army was lurking in the shadows.
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So, this man could still be lurking here at the mall.
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But after a while, Grandma started to feel a presence lurking in the woods.
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There's always somebody lurking just waiting to try to take you out the gate.
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A little later, through the kitchen window, she saw her mother lurking behind the blazing forsythia bush.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
76
5.6
To stay in a secret place to avoid danger or trouble
35
5.3
To move quietly around a place looking for something
20
7.7
To move or act quietly to avoid being noticed
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6.7
To move quietly and carefully to avoid being seen
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6.8
To hide and wait to attack someone by surprise
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7.6
To stay hidden in dark places to watch or wait
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8.6
To hide and move quietly in dark places to avoid being seen
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Idioms
How Stealthy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lurk comes from an old English word lurken that meant 'to hide' or 'lie in wait'. So, to lurk in a place is to stay hidden or move secretly, often because you might do something bad or you do not want to be seen.