Linger

Definitions: Linger

Linger

Verb

1. Remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on".

2. Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?".

3. Leave slowly and hesitantly.

4. Take one's time; proceed slowly.

5. Move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "linger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Linger

Lateness

Verb: be late; Adjective: tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle; (be inactive); linger, loiter; bide one's time, take one's time; gain time; hang fire; stand over, lie over.

Slowness

Verb: move slowly; adVerb: creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle; (be inactive); grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire; (be late).

Crosswords: Linger

We cannot linger. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Well then, I suppose we can linger for a moment. (Freakazoid!; writing credit: Alan Burnett; Paul Dini)

Your scent is supposed to linger, not change global weather patterns. (Less Than Perfect; writing credit: David Blum; Tom Hertz)

Do you have to let it linger (Linger; performing artist: The Cranberries)

And let it linger on? ("The Thrill Is Gone"; performing artist: B.B. King)

You can linger too long in your dreams (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel)

And we'll linger on (Always Be My Baby; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty ("Downtown"; performing artist: Petula Clark)

Linger (performing artist: The Cranberries)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Linger (reference)

• Linger By My Side (reference)

• Linger Not at Chebar: A Novel of Love and War in Burma (reference)

• Networking Semiconductor Market Outlook: The Big Storm Has Passed But Clouds Still Linger Overhead [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Shadows Linger (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• A Song That Will Linger (reference)

• Linger Awhile-Live at Newport [LIVE] (reference)

• Love Will Linger On (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot linger anywhere.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

These damaged cells make up the ischemic penumbra and can linger in a compromised state for several hours. (references)

According to this idea, called the AND gate theory, these events do not have to occur at the same time, but their effects would have to linger and eventually coincide to bring about Alzheimer's disease. (references)

Civil Liberties

Jordan

Although a substantial number of cases are dismissed before trial, many other cases linger in the courts for years. (references)

Economic History

Austria

We've always had a preference for markets that have money to spend, so don't forget to linger a bit in Austria - one of the world's richest nations. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

If you are invited to the home of a Saudi for a party or reception, a meal is normally served at the end of the evening, and guests will not linger long after finishing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "linger": linger on ♦ linger over. Additional references.

Albanian

zgjatoj (elongate, hold out, lengthen, prolong, protract, reach), zgjatem (continue, dwell on, extend, lengthen, lunge, reach, run, stand out, stretch oneself), zgjat (delay, elongate, extend, hold out, last, lengthen, let down, postpone, prolong, protract, reach, reach out, spread, stretch, telescope), vonoj (be late, delay, detain, hang up, hinder, hold up, procrastinate, retard, slow down, wait), sorollatem (drone, hang around, mosey, Potter), ngurroj (boggle, demur, dither, falter, halt, hang, hesitate, pendulate, scruple, vacillate, wabble, waver, wobble), mbetem (abide, be left, become, fail, hang over, keep, remain, stay). (various references)

Arabic 

‏توانى (dally, dawdle, delay, loiter, lop, slacken, tarry), ‏تسكع (gad about, hang about, hang around, idling, loaf, loiter, lounge, meander, mess around, mooch, mosey, muck about, perambulate, perambulation, potter, putter, range, roam, slop, slouch, traipse, tramp), ‏تخلف (be in arrears, be retarded, default, drag, drop behind, fall behind, go to sleep, go under, lag, loiter, lurk, retardation, retrograde, tardiness), ‏تريث (temporize), ‏تباطأ (dawdle, decelerate, lag, slop, slow). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спирам се дълго, точа се (roll, wear, wear out), влача се (crawl, lollop, lounge about, plod, roll, shamble, shuffle, slouch, toil, trapes, trapse, wear away), мотам се (hang about, hang around, lallygag), мая се (lag, procrastinate, stooge around), бавя се (pause, procrastinate), потривам се (loiter), помайвам се (delay a little). (various references)

Chinese 

徘徊 (hover, roam, wander). (various references)

Czech

loudat se (amble, dally, dawdle, dawdle about, dawdle over one's work, hang back, hang behind, lag, loiter, saunter, trail, traipse), zdržovat se (reside, Tarry), trvat (insist, last, remain, span, subsist), prodlévat (pause), nepolevovat, doznívat (die away, fade out). (various references)

Danish

partikler,som ved sedimentation eller Brown'ske bevaegelser er aflejret i den nederste del af lungerne,kan forblive i maanedsvis paa steder,hvor luftvejen ikke er forsynet med fimreepitel (particles can linger for months when deposited at the base of the lungs by sedimentation or Brownian movement - a place where the wall of the respiratory passages is not lined with ciliated epithelium). (various references)

Dutch

stofdeeltjes, die door sedimentatie of brownbeweging in de diepst gelegen delen van de longen worden afgezet, dus daar, waar de wand van de luchtwegen niet met trilhaarepitheel is bedekt, kunnen daar vele maanden aanwezig blijven (particles can linger for months when deposited at the base of the lungs by sedimentation or Brownian movement - a place where the wall of the respiratory passages is not lined with ciliated epithelium). (various references)

Farsi 

مرددبودن (Hesitate, Oscillate, Scotch, Vacillate, Wobble), تاخیرکردن (Dally, Defer, Delay, Demurrage, Lag, Loiter, Retard, Tarry), دیررفتن , دم اخرراگذراندن , درنگ کردن (Let, Tarry). (various references)

Finnish

viivytellä (be long, delay, loiter), viipyä (delay, stay, stay on, stop, to stay), kitua (languish, suffer pain), hidastella (be slow, delay, loiter). (various references)

French

lambiner, traîner, s'attarder (linger on), rester en arrière. (various references)

German

verweilen (abide, abode, pause, rest, sojourn, stay, Tarry, to pause). (various references)

Greek 

χρονοτριβώ (dally, delay, lag, play for time, procrastinate, tarry, temporarize, temporize, whiles), εκπνέω βραδέωσ, αργοπορώ (delay, linger on, procrastinate). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשהות (abide, pause, sojourn, stay), להתמהמה (delay, procrastinate), להשתהות (dally). (various references)

Hungarian

idõzik (sojourn), habozik (be in two minds, demur, hesitate, jib, to be in two minds about sg, to check, to demur, to dither, to draw back, to falter, to hang back, to hang fire, to hold back, to jib, to linger, to scruple, to shilly-shally, to stagger, to straddle, to vacillate, to wabble, to waver, waver), õgyeleg (hang out, saunter, stick around). (various references)

Indonesian

tetap hidup, berayal (tarry). (various references)

Italian

permanere, indugiare (boggle, delay, Tarry), attardarsi (lag). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

揺曳 (flutter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ようえい (flutter). (various references)

Korean 

오래 머무르십시요. (various references)

Manx

tannaghtyn foddey (lingering), feiyal (delay, fuss, hang back, hinder, procrastinate, wait). (various references)

Norwegian

somle, nøle (falter, hesitate). (various references)

Pig Latin

ingerlay

Portuguese

tardar (loiter, Tarry), protelar (defer, protract, put off, shelve, stave off, stay, wait, waive), donzela (damsel, maid, maiden, may, virgin), demorar (dally, defer, delay, draggle, dweller, hold up, keep up, procrastination, prolongation, protract, retard, slow, Tarry, wait). (various references)

Romanian

lâncezi (drag along, languish, mope, wilt), zãbovi (lag, loiter, Tarry), sta pe gânduri, se codi (shuffle, sway), rãtãci (loiter, lose, meander, Miss, ramble, rove, straggle, stroll), persista (continue, hold fast, persist), hoinãri (dally, gad, loaf, loiter, loll about, meander, ramble, roam, rove, saunter, scour about, stand about, stroll, wander), dãinui (endure, keep, last, live, survive), şovãi (back, boggle, falter, fluctuate, hang back, hesitate, pause, shilly shally, shuffle, spare, stagger, vacillate, waver), a-şi pierde, întârzia (defer, delay, drive, impede, lag, laten, lose, retard, stave off). (various references)

Russian 

задерживаться (dwelt, hold off, lag, lingered, stat out late, times-out). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ležati na samrti, razvlačiti (spin out, stall), otezati (drag out), oklevati (belie, demur, hesitate, jib, pause, procrastinate, shilly shally, traduce), ići polako (drift). (various references)

Spanish

tardar (be detained, be kept in, be late, be slow, dally, delay, latest, lope, postpone, remain, stay on, take, Tarry), ser lento, ser duro (last), retardarse, remolonear (skive), quedarse atrás (be detained, be kept in, drop behind, fall behind, get behind, hang back, lag, lag behind, remain, stay on, tarry), persistir (exist, insist, persevere, persist, subsist), permanecer (abide, bide, bleiben, keep, last, live for a time, remain, sojourn, stay, stay in), durar (continue, endure, hold out, hold up, keep on, last, last out, live out), dilatarse (dilate, expand). (various references)

Swedish

söla (dally, doodle away, draggle, lag, loiter, soil), fortleva (live on, survive). (various references)

Thai

ใกล้ตาย (lie at death's door), อ้อยอิ่ง (tarry), ยังเหลืออยู่ (remain), ปล่อยเวลาให้ผ่านไปอย่างไม่รีบร้อน. (various references)

Turkish

uzamak (augment, continue, draw out, elongate, extend, grow longer, hold over, lengthen, pull out, scat, stretch, sweep), oyalanmak (amuse oneself, be amused, be pleased with, dally, delay, dilly dally, disport oneself, fool, fool about, fool around, footle, fribble, frivol, hang out, loiter, mess around, monkey around, piddle, play around, Potter, potter about, potter at, procrastinate, stay, Tarry, trifle, trifle with, waste time), geçmişte kalmak, geçmek bilmemek (drag, drag behind, wear away, wear on), durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, harp, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, pack up, pull in, pull up, remain, rest, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop), can çekişmek (agonize, be at death's door), ayrılamamak. (various references)

Turkmen 

ykmak (loaf around), tдsgenmek (be delayed, suspend), haяal-яagallyk etmek (hesitate). (various references)

Ukranian 

гаяти час (back pedal, lose one's time), затримуватися (bait, hold off, pause, stick), баритися (back pedal, balance, delay, dilly dally, procrastinate, stay). (various references)

Welsh

ymdroi (dawdle, loiter). (various references)

commorabitur, commorabuntur, commorantem, commorantes, commorantium, commorantur, commorari, commorata, commoratae, commorati, commoratique, commoratus, commoremur, commorer, commoror, consistant, consistens, consistentes, consistere, consisteret, consistite, consistunt, constiterant, demoror, moror. (various references)

lengan. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "linger": lingered, lingerer, lingerers, lingerie, lingeries, lingering, lingeringly, lingers. (additional references)

Words ending with "linger": clinger, flinger, gunslinger, malinger, mudslinger, slinger, willinger. (additional references)

Words containing "linger": clingers, flingers, gunslingers, malingered, malingerer, malingerers, malingering, malingers, mudslingers, slingers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Linger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kingery, Klingel, klinger, Lagnier, langer, langor, launger, lenge, lengeh, lenger, Ligger, liguer, ligur, Linberg, linder, Linga, Lingara, Linge, lingera, lingere, lingeri, lingery, lingier, lingre, linje, Linzer, loger, longera, longeri, longeu, Lunger, lynger, pinger, plinger, Yinger. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ingle, liger, liner, reign, renig.

-2 letters: gien, girl, girn, glen, grin, lien, lier, line, ling, lire, rein, riel, rile, ring.

-3 letters: eng, erg, ern, gel, gen, gie, gin, ire, leg, lei, lie, lin, nil, reg, rei, rig, rin.

-4 letters: el, en, er, in, li, ne, re.

+1 letter: aligner, clinger, cringle, engrail, erlking, flinger, gremlin, jingler, leering, lingers, lingier, mingler, nargile, niggler, realign, reeling, reginal, relying, ringlet, slinger, tingler.

+2 letters: alerting, algerine, aligners, allergin, altering, blearing, clearing, clerking, clingers, clingier, creeling, cringles, dragline, eloigner, engirdle, engrails, erlkings, erringly, feruling, finagler, fleering, flingers, florigen, gainlier, ganglier, geranial, geraniol, germinal, gingerly, glycerin, gnarlier, grapline, gremlins, grueling, hireling, indulger, integral, janglier, jinglers, jinglier, junglier, kinglier, lagering, layering, learning, levering, ligroine, lingered, lingerer, lingerie, lowering, maligner, malinger, minglers, narghile, nargileh, nargiles, nigglers, pearling, periling, raveling, realigns, reddling, reedling, refiling, reflying, regaling, regional, regluing, reguline, relacing, relating, relaxing, relaying, religion, relining, reliving, reluming, reoiling, replying, resiling, resoling, retiling, reveling, reviling, riesling, ringlets, ringlike, roweling, shingler, signaler, slangier, slingers, sniggler, sterling, tanglier, tinglers, tinglier, trebling, triangle, ulcering, veluring, yearling.

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