skulker

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

skulker
    n 1: someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or
         incapacity [syn: {malingerer}, {skulker}, {shammer}]
    2: someone waiting in concealment [syn: {lurker}, {skulker},
       {lurcher}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Skulk \Skulk\, Skulker \Skulk"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, skulks.
   [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

skulker
 n.

   Syn. {prowler}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

prowler
skulker

   ({Unix}) A {daemon} that is run periodically (typically once a
   week) to seek out and erase {core} files, truncate
   administrative logfiles, nuke "lost+found" directories, and
   otherwise clean up the {cruft} that tends to pile up in the
   corners of a file system.

   See also {GFR}, {reaper}, {skulker}.

   (1995-02-14)

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