Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Tricky practice; imposture; especially, the practice of a begging impostor.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of lurk.
Examples
“If I understand what the term lurking means, of course lurking is ethical!”
“Another title lurking in the publisher's quarterly report was the acknowledgement of Dead”
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“Though left unsaid in the article, the obvious big unknown lurking is Mac/iPhone OS X, and whatever Apple is cooking up for this in-between-the-smartphone-and-computer space.”
“Eurostat's decision to ask Greece for more details on currency swaps it may have used to defer debt repayments has reminded investors that all governments have huge long-term lurking liabilities not disclosed in their accounts.”
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“I know that I'm asking for a lot of information, but I also have learned in lurking in the various fori that you are very understanding of us newbies and our fundamental questions.”
“Don't touch that remote, Ian Baker-Finch suggested, with Woods on the 12th green Sunday, because "Tiger, ominously lurking, is just five strokes behind.”
“It's just that some general managers just don't spot the dorsal fin lurking in the talent pool until it's too late and they're pulled under.”
“Floating beneath an azure sky, we felt the specter of a second Bush term lurking behind the swaying palms.”
“Thomas a mere afterthought follow-on sidekick -- a seeming buffoon who does happen to have an independent brain lurking underneath (but you would never know it, at least at not until he divorces Scalia).”
“Nine out of 10 anthropologists say that lurking is bad for you.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lurking’.
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MoneyBall
gutted, ostracize, leper, cagey, curb, specter, lurking, bunt
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
merfee's Words
supple, dichotomy, relish, rhapsody, pneumonoultramicr..., embrace, ishmael, ebullient, recalcitrant, elegy, char, lugubrious and 522 more...
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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Not the Clearest of Intentions
You ever try to read someone who can't be read? What is he thinking? What is he going to do? Whose side is he really on?
hidden agenda, doublespeak, backstabbing, treasonous, covert, mysterious, questionable, shady, flattering, sycophant, brownnose, secretive and 78 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lurking.
vanishedone Monarch of the Lurs? Jan 31, 2009