<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.</li><li>To move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.: to loiter on the way to work.</li><li>To waste time or dawdle over work: He loiters over his homework until one in the morning.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away): to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Loaf, tarry, delay</li></ul>