Definition of skulk in English:
skulk
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intransitive verb
[no object]1Keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.
‘don't skulk outside the door like a spy!’- ‘Unlike the absconding narrators who skulk out of sight in most modern novels, James refuses to hide behind the mask of authorial anonymity.’
- ‘McCabe apparently got all his information by skulking in the bushes outside the Goldstein's place night after night.’
- ‘I skulk outside the crematorium gates in that suit, which I've borrowed again from my housemate Paul.’
- ‘I would skulk in alleys and hide in closets and tap phone lines.’
- ‘The only answer is to stay away, to skulk at home with the door locked, then complain about democratic illegitimacy later.’
- ‘They did not have to ask society's permission to express their natural desires, or to skulk ashamedly when they did so outside of marriage.’
- ‘She prepared herself, skulking silently behind several crates, the door opened seconds later.’
- ‘Porter's Hobart skulks beneath a starry crucifix that has tilted sideways.’
- ‘And since I didn't want anyone to know I was worried about this, I've been sulking and skulking and letting the discontent grow.’
- ‘After I dropped them off, I took a ride. I saw 2 jackals skulking up the road and an unidentified fox crossed in front of me.’
- ‘There are still some stragglers awaiting relocation, skulking up there on the top shelf trying to avoid detection.’
- ‘His first song was played on his knees, pulling the mic down as if he were skulking in the corner of the room, wanting to play, but not make a drama out of it.’
- ‘At this point, the guard, who had been skulking around listening to our conversation, decided to stick his oar in.’
- 1.1with adverbial of direction Move stealthily or furtively.‘he spent most of his time skulking about the corridors’
- ‘While the others slept peacefully, I was slinking and skulking around in the dark.’
- ‘It looked to be another clear day, so he'd spend most of it outside, skulking about the forest as usual.’
- ‘I strode out of the room, and slammed the door, before skulking off upstairs again.’
- ‘I threw my bag down by the door and skulked off into the kitchen.’
- ‘The Bat skulked away and has lived in dark corners and holes ever since, never showing himself except in the near dark of latening twilight.’
- ‘She hissed, and skulked into her bedroom, closing and locking the door behind her.’
- ‘While Barbara stays up in the clocktower tracking crime on the web, Helena skulks through the dark New Gotham nights kicking villainous butt.’
- ‘She spent some time skulking off behind barns for a smoke: ‘Yeah, and nicking fags off Dad.’’
- ‘She didn't go skulking around behind your back.’
- ‘The problem with shooting over at Bellevue is that there are a lot of borderline psych cases skulking around.’
- ‘In recent weeks some shady looking characters have been seen skulking around the Dunamaise Theatre at night.’
- ‘Across the road I noticed some youths skulking around.’
- ‘From that came all the images of some upper-class fellow in a top hat and cape skulking through foggy gaslit Whitechapel.’
- ‘Matt and Ken wonder why they ever left Czechoslovakia, where all they had to worry about was the odd Vampire skulking about.’
- ‘Rather, Robertson, skulking ahead, has now downgraded his earlier call to murder and mayhem to mere kidnapping.’
- ‘If skulking losers can kill 90 people, imagine what they can accomplish if this emboldens them and they are no longer skulking.’
- ‘I'm too busy taking photos of myself, skulking around NZD, and considering how names like Aethelbald are parental cruelty.’
- ‘The only element Kurtzman adds to shape the events is drama, which serves to tease out the absurdity skulking just below the romantic surface.’
- ‘Although Paul Walker is the ‘star,’ we can see a couple of half-decent character actors skulking through the works here and there.’
- ‘And, of course, there are all these people wringing their hands and skulking around in the back. [Laughs.]’
lurk, loiter, hide, conceal oneself, lie in wait, keep out of sightView synonyms - 1.2Shirk one's duties or responsibilities.‘we were accused of skulking’
- ‘We do not skulk away from our responsibility of launching revolutionary violence to meet counter-violence.’
Pronunciation
noun
A group of foxes.
- ‘the skulk howls away into the night’
Pronunciation
Origin
Middle English of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian skulka ‘lurk’, and Danish skulke, Swedish skolka ‘shirk’.
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