Definitions
wait in hiding to attack
Word origin
From Middle English lurken, from Old Norse *lúrka, possibly from Proto-Germanic *lūrukōną (“to be lying in wait, lurk”), equivalent to lour + -k (frequentative suffix).
Used in a sentence
“Things lurking in the dark / They like to leave a mark / Inside of you”
“But in time pressure ... Sammy played 40 QxPch????, thinking it was mate- he completely forgot about that Black Bishop lurking innocently at the other end of the board.”
“if we find the sophist lurking, we must round him up by royal command of the argument”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hide nearby”4 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
L___