lurk

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lurken, from Old Norse *lúrka, possibly from Proto-Germanic *lūrukōną (“to be lying in wait, lurk”), equivalent to lour +‎ -k (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lurka (“to sneak away, go slowly”), dialectal Swedish lurka (“to dawdle, be slow in one's work”), Saterland Frisian lüürkje (“to look secretly, spy”), West Frisian luorkje (“to lurk”), Middle Low German lûrken (“to deceitfully stalk”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɜːk/ (General American) enPR: lûrk, IPA(key): /lɝk/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k === Verb === lurk (third-person singular simple present lurks, present participle lurking, simple past and past participle lurked) To remain concealed in order to ambush. To remain unobserved. To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. (Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent. (UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === lurk (plural lurks) The act of lurking. (UK, Australia, slang, obsolete) A swindle. ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== (a swindle): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary (a swindle): Tony Thorne (2014), “lurk”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === lurk inflection of lurken: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish lurker (“prowler”). Cognate of Old Norse lurkr (“cudgel”). Arguably derived from Old Irish lorg (“rod”), probably through Old Norse lurkr (“club, staff”). === Noun === lurk c (colloquial) boor, lout ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bondlurk bonnlurk skägglurk === Further reading === “lurk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) lurk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)