verb
- to stand or wait around idly without apparent purpose
- to move slowly or lag behind
Examples
- Students are not allowed to loiter in the hallways between classes.
- The teenagers were asked to stop loitering outside the store.
- Don’t loiter on your way home from school.
- Security guards patrol the area to prevent people from loitering.
- She tends to loiter at her locker instead of going straight to class.
- The sign clearly states ‘No Loitering’ in front of the building.