Skulking

3 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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