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General dictionaries General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. linger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. linger: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  3. linger: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
  4. linger: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
  5. linger: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  6. Linger, linger: Wordnik [home, info]
  7. linger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
  8. Linger: Wiktionary [home, info]
  9. linger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  10. linger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  11. linger: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  12. Linger, linger: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  13. linger: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  14. linger: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  15. linger: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  16. Linger (film), Linger (song), Linger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  17. Linger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  18. linger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  19. linger: Rhymezone [home, info]
  20. linger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  21. linger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  22. linger: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  23. linger: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  24. linger: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  25. Linger, linger: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  26. linger: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Idioms [home, info]

Slang dictionaries Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from WordNet (linger)

▸ verb:  take one's time; proceed slowly
▸ verb:  remain present although waning or gradually dying ("Her perfume lingered on")
▸ verb:  be about
▸ verb:  move to and fro ("The shy student lingered in the corner")
▸ verb:  leave slowly and hesitantly
▸ name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #16857)
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Phrases that include linger:   linger in shadows, wolfgang linger

Words similar to linger:   dally, dawdle, footle, hover, lallygag, lingered, lingerer, lingering, lingeringly, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, tarry, bide, hang around, lag, mess about, mill about, more...


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