loiter russian
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to get tangled, to get caught up, to get entangled
to get confused, to get muddled, to lose the thread
to get mixed up (in something), to get drawn into (something)
to meddle (in), to interfere (in), to butt in
to hang around, to knock about, to loiter
to lose one's way, to wander about lost
слоня́ться
to loaf, to loiter about, to loitering
пасти́сь
to graze, to pasture, to browse
to loiter around, to hang about
проторча́ть
to hang around, to loiter, to spend a long time (somewhere)
to stick out, to protrude, to project
ме́шкать
to loiter, to linger, to delay, to dally
заме́шкаться
to tarry, to loiter, to linger, to be late
провиса́ть
to sag, to hang loose, to droop
to hang around, to loiter, to be stuck (somewhere)
вала́ндаться
to dawdle, to loiter, to hang about, to waste time
to mess about (with), to fuss (with), to struggle (with)
слоня́ющийся
loitering, wandering, aimlessly strolling
ошива́ющийся
hanging around, loitering, prowling
шля́ющийся
loitering, aimlessly wandering, straying, tramping
ша́стающий
loitering, roaming, wandering, prowling
окола́чивающийся
loitering, hanging around, frequenting
болта́вшийся
dangling, swinging, hanging loose
loitering, wandering aimlessly, hanging about
ошива́вшийся
loitering, hanging around, frequenting
отира́ющийся
hanging around, loitering, frequenting
заде́рживавшийся
delayed, detained, held back, held up
lingering, staying behind, loitering
шата́вшийся
staggering, swaying, reeling, tottering
wandering, roaming, loitering, walking aimlessly
loose, wobbly, unstable
слоня́вшийся
loitering, wandering (aimlessly), roaming
слоняющий
loitering, wandering, roaming, sauntering
волочи́вшийся
dragging, trailing
loitering, hanging around, idling
топта́вшийся
treading, trampling, lingering, loitering
толо́кшийся
loitering, milling about, hanging around
окола́чивавшийся
loitering, hanging around, dawdling
слонявший
wandering, loitering, strolling
отира́вшийся
frequenting, hanging around, loitering, associating with
барражи́рующий
barraging, patrolling, loitering, cruising
вала́ндавшийся
idling, loitering, dawdling, pottering about
колобро́дивший
wandering aimlessly, roaming, idling, loitering
ротозе́йничающий
gawking, gaping, loitering, dawdling
Examples
Мы заметили шастающего под окнами незнакомца.
We noticed a stranger loitering under the windows.
Она заметила слонявшегося у подъезда незнакомца.
She noticed a stranger loitering near the entrance to the building.
Он заметил незнакомца, околачивающегося у ворот школы.
He noticed a stranger loitering by the school gates.
Полиция задержала отирающегося возле школы незнакомца.
The police detained a stranger loitering near the school.
Соседи жаловались на колобродивших под окнами гуляк.
The neighbors complained about the revelers loitering beneath their windows.



















