lurk

Other forms of lurk

past tense

lurked·

present participle

lurking·

third person

lurks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lurk

What does lurk mean?

lurk means "lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lurk?

lurk has 1 syllable: lurk. In IPA it is /ˈlɝk/.

What is another word for lurk?

Close synonyms include skulk, loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lurk a common word?

lurk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.