loitering

English

Verb

loitering

  1. present participle and gerund of loiter

Noun

loitering (countable and uncountable, plural loiterings)

  1. The action of the verb loiter.
    NO LOITERING [sign posted where hanging out and causing trouble is unwelcome]
    a book about my loiterings in Europe
    • 1959 September, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 626-627:
      When, however, drivers are registering net gains of 12, 13 and 14 min. on a schedule of 99 min. from Leicester to St. Pancras, there has clearly been no loitering on the way!

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