skulk

skulk
    v 1: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and
         secretive manner [syn: {lurk}, {skulk}]
    2: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be
       ill [syn: {malinger}, {skulk}]
    3: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street
       all day"
    

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.
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         Discovered and defeated of your prey,
         You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
                                                  --Dryden.
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Skulk \Skulk\, n. [Cf. Icel. skollr, skolli, a fox, and E.
   skulk, v.i.]
   A number of foxes together. --Wright.
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Skulk \Skulk\, Skulker \Skulk"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, skulks.
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69 Moby Thesaurus words for "skulk":
      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