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skulk (skulk)

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

Etymology: 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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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