The meaning of Linger

verb

Act or move slowly.

Usage examples:

She'd dallied upstairs long enough to put on a little make-up

verb

To waste time or do something slowly

Usage examples:

She dallied over her morning coffee.

verb

Waste time; be slow.

Usage examples:

She mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now

verb

To do something very slowly, as if you do not want to finish it

Usage examples:

She told her daughter to quit dawdling and get dressed or she’d be late for school.

verb

Make (someone or something) late or slow.

Usage examples:

The train was delayed

noun

A period of time by which something is late or postponed.

Usage examples:

A two-hour delay

verb

To waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision

Usage examples:

Don't dilly-dally - just get your bags and let's go!

verb

Be indecisive.

Usage examples:

I can't bear people who dither

noun

Indecisive behaviour.

Usage examples:

After months of dither ministers had still not agreed

phrase

Be undecided or uncertain

verb

Stand or wait around without apparent purpose.

Usage examples:

She saw mary loitering near the cloakrooms

verb

To stay in a public place without an obvious reason to be there

Usage examples:

A group of teenagers were loitering outside the store., he was arrested for loitering.

verb

Interrupt action or speech briefly.

Usage examples:

She paused, at a loss for words

noun

A temporary stop in action or speech.

Usage examples:

She dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain

verb

Cease an action temporarily

verb

Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

Usage examples:

The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb

To delay doing something

Usage examples:

When it comes to housework, i tend to procrastinate.

verb

Continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so.

Usage examples:

A cloister is all that remains of the monastery

noun

A stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area.

Usage examples:

Fruit and vegetable stalls

verb

(of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine.

Usage examples:

Her car stalled at the crossroads

verb

Remain in the same place.

Usage examples:

You stay here and i'll be back soon

noun

A period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.

Usage examples:

An overnight stay at a luxury hotel

verb

Secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays.

Usage examples:

We stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard

verb

(of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.

Usage examples:

The children straggled behind them

noun

An untidy or irregularly arranged mass or group.

Usage examples:

A straggle of cottages

verb

To move alone or in small groups slowly and usually separated in distance or time from those who went earlier

Usage examples:

The players straggled in for the morning practice session., i want all you children to stay togethe…

verb

Stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event.

Usage examples:

I rang the bell and waited

noun

A period of waiting.

Usage examples:

We had a long wait