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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 concealment
Familiarity information: LURKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone waiting in concealment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
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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