skulk

To skulk is to try to keep out of sight, moving around in the shadows or otherwise trying not to be noticed.

(verb)

An example of skulk is when you sneak in late and you try to come in quietly so no one notices.

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See skulk in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

  1. to move or lurk about in a stealthy, craven, or sinister manner; slink
  2. Chiefly Brit. to avoid work or responsibility; shirk; malinger

Origin: ME sculken, prob. < LowG schulken, to play truant, or Dan skulke, to skulk

noun

  1. a person who skulks
  2. Obsolete a pack (of foxes)

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See skulk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb skulked, skulk·ing, skulks
  1. To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk.
  2. To move about stealthily.
  3. To evade work or obligation; shirk.
noun
  1. One who hides, lurks, or practices evasion.
  2. A congregation of vermin, especially foxes, or of thieves. See Synonyms at flock1.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English skulken

Origin: , of Scandinavian origin

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Related Forms:

  • skulkˈer noun

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