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LURKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lurker mean? 

LURKER (noun)
  The noun LURKER has 1 sense:

1. someone waiting in concealmentplay

  Familiarity information: LURKER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LURKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone waiting in concealment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

lurcher; lurker; skulker

Hypernyms ("lurker" is a kind of...):

waiter (a person who waits or awaits)

Derivation:

lurk (wait in hiding to attack)

lurk (lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner)


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