lurking

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lurking

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of lurk

noun lurkings

The act of one who lurks. In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.

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Closest in meaning: skulking, sneak, surreptitious, furtive, stealthy, sneaky, concealed, fooling, hiding, facing, smouldering, simmering, carpeting, caching, slinking, creeping

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@misc{lurking_2026,
  title = {lurking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lurking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}