Definitions of skulk [ʌlk]

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Definition of 'skulk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) skulk
to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.

2.  skulk
to move stealthily; slink.

3.  skulk
Brit. to shirk duty; malinger.

4. (n.) skulk
one that skulks.

5.  skulk
a pack or group of foxes.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME < Scand; cf. Dan, Norw skulke, Sw skolka play hooky)

Definition of 'skulk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) lurk, skulk
lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

2. (verb) malinger, skulk
avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

3. (verb) skulk
move stealthily
"The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

Definition of 'skulk'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) skulk
a number of foxes together

2. (noun) skulk
alt. of Skulker

3. (verb) skulk
to hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk

Translation of 'skulk'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to wait about or keep oneself hidden (often for a bad purpose) Someone was skulking in the bushes.
Afrikaans: wegkruip, versteek, skuil	Arabic: يَتَوارى عن الأنْظار	Bulgarian: спотайвам се
Brazilian: esconder-se	Czech: skrývat se	German: lauern
Danish: luske rundt	Greek: ενεδρεύω	Spanish: esconderse
Estonian: varitsema	Farsi: قايم شدن	Finnish: väijyä
French: rôder furtivement	Hebrew: לְהִסתַתֵר	Hindi: छिपकना, कोने में डुबके रह
Croatian: vrebati u zasjedi, kukavn	Hungarian: ólálkodik	Indonesian: bersembunyi
Icelandic: leynast, læðupokast	Italian: appostarsi, nascondersi	Japanese: こそこそ隠れる
Korean: (나쁜 목적으로) 잠행하다	Lithuanian: tūnoti, lindėti	Latvian: slēpties; uzglūnēt; zagti
Malay: bersembunyi	Dutch: zich schuil houden	Norwegian: luske (rundt), snike seg
Polish: czaić się	Persian: قايم شدن	Pashto: غـلى غـلى ګرځيدل، پټ پټ ت
Portuguese: esconder-se	Romanian: a se furişa, a se ascund	Russian: прятаться, скрываться
Slovak: skrývať sa	Slovenian: skrivati se	Serbian: kriti se
Swedish: hålla sig undan, gömma si	Thai: หลบ	Turkish: pusuda beklemek; gizlenme
Taiwanese: 躲藏，潛伏	Ukrainian: крастися, підкрадатися	Urdu: دبکنا، چھپتے پھرنا
Vietnamese: lẩn tránh, trốn việc	Chinese: 偷偷隐躲，潜伏
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