Public Behavior

2 words in this vocabulary list

noun a person who loiters, especially one who hangs around a public place with no clear purpose

  • The security guard asked the loiterer to move along from the entrance of the building.
  • The loiterer was just hanging around outside the store, not buying anything.
  • That loiterer is always lurking around the park, looking suspicious.
  • His mind was like a loiterer, wandering aimlessly without purpose.

noun a device or tool used for spreading or distributing something

  • The man spreader on the train was taking up too much space with his legs wide apart.
  • I couldn't believe the man spreader next to me on the bus was practically sitting in my lap.
  • That man spreader at the movie theater needs to learn some manners.
  • His ego was like a man spreader, taking up all the room in the conversation.