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Definition of 'skulk'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A group of foxes.
- (Wright)
One who skulks; a skulker.
Verb
( en-verb)
to conceal oneself; to hide
* Dryden
- Discovered and defeated of your prey, / You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
* 1852 , Charles Dickens, Bleak House ,
- Behind dingy blind and curtain, in upper story and garret, skulking more or less under false names, false hair, false titles, false jewellery, and false histories, a colony of brigands lie in their first sleep.
to sneak around, sneak about
* 1904 , Paul Laurence Dunbar,
- Fully a dozen of the citizens had seen him hastening toward the woods and noted his skulking air [...]
to shirk; to avoid obligation
Similar to 'skulk'silk, slack, sleek, sulk, slick, shalk, salak, sculk, slock, shlock, sleck
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