5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Skulk \Skulk\, n. [Cf. Icel. skollr, skolli, a fox, and E. skulk, v.i.] A number of foxes together. --Wright. [1913 Webster] Skulk From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Skulk \Skulk\, Skulker \Skulk"er\, n. One who, or that which, skulks. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: skulk v 1: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner [syn: {lurk}] 2: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill [syn: {malinger}] 3: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 69 Moby Thesaurus words for "skulk": army, bunch, clock watcher, colony, couch, cower, creep, cringe, crouch, dodge, dog it, drift, drive, drove, duck, duck duty, eye-servant, flock, gam, gang, get out of, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof off, gumshoe, herd, host, kennel, lay wait, lie in wait, litter, lurk, malinger, malingerer, nightwalk, not pull fair, old soldier, pack, pod, pride, prowl, pussyfoot, quail, school, shadow, shirk, shirker, shoal, skulker, slack, slacker, slide out of, slink, slip, slip out of, sloth, snake, sneak, sneak out of, soldier, stalk, steal, tax dodger, tiptoe, trip, troop, truant, welsh, welsher
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