Skulk \Skulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skulked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Skulking.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke to spare or
save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at
leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla. Cf. Scowl.]
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie
close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. "Want skulks in
holes and crevices." --W. C. Bryant.
[1913 Webster]
Discovered and defeated of your prey,
You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
skulking
adj : marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking
prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a
surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking
in the shadows" [syn: furtive, lurking, sneak(a),
sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]
n : evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;
"they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn: malingering]
WordNet (r) 2.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "skulking":
back-door, backstairs, clandestine, covert, cowering, cringing,
doggo, feline, furtive, hidden out, hidlings, hole-and-corner,
hugger-mugger, in ambush, in hiding, in the wings, lurking,
on tiptoe, privy, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, quailing,
quiet, shifty, slinking, slinky, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealing,
stealthy, surreptitious, under cover, under-the-counter,
under-the-table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded,
unobtrusive, waiting concealed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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