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Meaning of Lurk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
lɜːk

Definitions

  1. The act of lurking.
  2. A swindle.

Equivalents

Examples

“At two p.m. a man had called on him, and had produced one of his advertisements, and had asked him if that was all square—no bobbies on the lurk.”
“There were enemies on the lurk and time was against him.”
“[…] barked furiously and made at him as at a wolf, and before he could wholly rise from the lurk because of the sudden consternation, […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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