Definition of lurks

"lurks" in the verb sense

1. lurk, skulk

lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

2. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

be about

"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"

"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

3. ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait

wait in hiding to attack

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Quotations for lurks

Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower. [ Bishop Heber ]

Poison lurks in the tail; or, there is a sting in the tail. [ Proverb ]

Under the fair words of a bad man there lurks some treachery. [ Phaedr ]

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. [ Balzac ]

The smallest word has some unguarded spot, and danger lurks in i without a dot. [ O. W. Holmes ]

Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing for something beyond the present, a striving towards regions yet unknown and unopened. [ Wilhelm von Humboldt ]

Love is rarely a hypocrite; but hate - how detect and how guard against it! It lurks where you least expect it; it is created by causes that you can the least foresee; and civilization multiplies its varieties, whilst it favors its disguise. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

lurks in Scrabble®

The word lurks is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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lurks in Words With Friends™

The word lurks is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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