'Skulk' definitions:
Definition of 'skulk'
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Definition of 'Skulk'
From: GCIDE
- Skulk \Skulk\, Skulker \Skulk"er\, n. One who, or that which, skulks. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Skulk'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Skulk'
From: GCIDE
- Skulk \Skulk\, n. [Cf. Icel. skollr, skolli, a fox, and E. skulk, v.i.] A number of foxes together. --Wright. [1913 Webster] Skulk
Synonyms of 'skulk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- army,
- bunch,
- clock watcher,
- colony,
- couch,
- cower,
- creep,
- cringe,
- crouch,
- dodge,
- dog it,
- drift,
- drive,
- drove,
- duck,
- duck duty,
- eye-servant,
- flock,
- gam,
- gang,
- get out of,
- goldbrick,
- goldbricker,
- goof off,
- gumshoe,
- herd,
- host,
- kennel,
- lay wait,
- lie in wait,
- litter,
- lurk,
- malinger,
- malingerer,
- nightwalk,
- not pull fair,
- old soldier,
- pack,
- pod,
- pride,
- prowl,
- pussyfoot,
- quail,
- school,
- shadow,
- shirk,
- shirker,
- shoal,
- skulker,
- slack,
- slacker,
- slide out of,
- slink,
- slip,
- slip out of,
- sloth,
- snake,
- sneak,
- sneak out of,
- soldier,
- stalk,
- steal,
- tax dodger,
- tiptoe,
- trip,
- troop,
- truant,
- welsh,
- welsher