how to pronounce lurk

/lɜːk/

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lurk is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of lurk in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… stop some beaters oft unseen lurk behind …”

meanings of lurk

verb:

To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
To remain concealed in order to ambush.
To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
To remain unobserved.
To view an internet forum without posting comments.

noun:

A swindle.
The act of lurking.

lurk frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lurk occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lurk can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lurk can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;