Skulk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk.
  • verb-intransitive. To move about stealthily.
  • verb-intransitive. To evade work or obligation; shirk.
  • n. One who hides, lurks, or practices evasion.
  • n. A congregation of vermin, especially foxes, or of thieves. See Synonyms at flock1.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a group of foxes
  • n. one who skulks; a skulker
  • v. to conceal oneself; to hide
  • v. to sneak around, sneak about
  • v. to shirk; to avoid obligation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.
  • n. A number of foxes together.
  • n. One who, or that which, skulks.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To withdraw into a corner or into a close or obscure place for concealment; lie close or hidden from shame, fear of injury or detection, or desire to injure another; shrink or sneak away from danger or work; lurk.
  • To produce or bring forward clandestinely or improperly.
  • n. Same as skulker.
  • n. A number of foxes together; hence, a number of other animals or of persons together: as, a skulk of thieves.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
  • v. avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
  • v. move stealthily
    • Equivalent
    skulker   
    Verb Form
    skulked    skulking    skulks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hide    conceal    shrink from    shirk    fiddle    goldbrick    walk   
    Form
    skulked    skulking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lurk    sneak    shirk   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hulk    bulk    hulk    sulk   
     
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