Skulk

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skÊŒlk/

Origin

From Middle English skulken, of origin, cf. Danish skulke ("shirk").

Full definition of skulk

Noun

1. A group of foxes.
2. One who skulks; a skulker.

Verb

1. to conceal oneself; to hide
• DrydenDiscovered 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.
2. 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 ...
3. to shirk; to avoid obligation