loiters
Hangs about lazily
Loiters is the third-person singular of loiter, meaning to stand or wait around idly without apparent purpose.
The word often carries a negative connotation—someone who loiters may be suspected of mischief or asked to move along: A sign warned that no one loiters near the entrance after hours.
To loiter can also mean to dawdle or move slowly: She loiters over her morning coffee.
Delay one's leaving
- dawdleLinger without purpose
- lingerStay beyond necessity
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- hang aroundRemain somewhere idly
Move with secretive intent
stake out · case · suspicious · vagrant · vagrancy · curfew · soliciting · panhandling
tarry
Delay one's leaving
hang around · idle · dally · wait · remain · stay · bide · lag · skulk · lurk
skulk
Move with secretive intent
creep · stake out · case · suspicious · vagrant · vagrancy · curfew · soliciting · panhandling · shoplifting
meander
To travel without direction
wander · mosey · ramble · drift · roam · traipse · potter · putter · mooch · rove