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skulk::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | malinger |
| Type of | shirk, shrink from, goldbrick, fiddle |
| Derivation | skulker, skulking |
Examples of skulk
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Duke shoos them off, but they skulk along behind the cows, waiting to make a move.
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Still, there have been moments worth the thousand-and-some pages of skulk and murk.
From the time.com
No third-party apps yet, which is too bad, I'm sure they'd sell a skulk of Firefoxes.
From the techcrunch.com
So we won't let them lurk, skulk and shout from the back of the class.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Pheasants crouch and skulk along the fence line as I reach the clearing around Monk farm.
From the guardian.co.uk
They skulk through the dark, cry to the moon, lick their own wounds with fragile pride.
From the guardian.co.uk
In many cultures, evil magicians could transform into animal shapes and thus skulk about.
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Scam artists and terrorists skulk behind seemingly lawful Web sites.
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Watching Ramirez skulk off the diamond in embarrassment is actually a great day for baseball.
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- Lurk: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- Malinger: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
- Move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"
- (skulking) malingering: evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"
- Skulk is a fictional character and Amalgam Comics superhero, whose true debut was in Doctor Strangefate #1 (1996), though his (metafictional) debut was in Tales of Strangefate #157. He is a combination of DC Comics' Solomon Grundy and Marvel Comics' Hulk.
- (Skulking) Spite is to intentionally annoy, hurt, or upset. Spiteful words or actions are delivered in such a way in which it's clear that the person is delivering them just to annoy, hurt, or upset. When the intent to annoy, hurt, or upset is shown subtly, behavior is considered catty.
- A group of foxes; to conceal oneself; to hide; to sneak around, sneak about
- (Skulked) moved in a sneaky way
- (skulked) (vb.): to move or slink about in a sinister manner. The children are skulking in the kitchen because they are fearful of Atticus's reaction when he returns home.
