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skulkverb to move about in a sly or secret mannerI thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal crawl, creep, edge, inch, wormghost, pad, tiptoe to remain out of sightthe animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans hide, hole up, lie, lurk, repose slink, sneakavoid, elude, evade lie low, sit tight appear come out, materialize, show up, turn up skulknounsomeone who acts in a sly and secret mannerwere surprised to discover the skulk stealing from the garden was a raccoon lurker, skulker, slyboots, sneak, sneaker skunk, snake, weaselsharper, sharpie(or sharpy), slicker, swindlersnoop, snooper, spystalker v.lurk, skulk, slink, sneak mean to behave so as to escape attention.lurk implies a lying in wait in a place of concealment and often suggests an evil intent.suspicious men lurking in alleyways skulk suggests more strongly cowardice or fear or sinister intent.something skulking in the shadows slink implies moving stealthily often merely to escape attention.slunk around the corner sneak may add an implication of entering or leaving a place or evading a difficulty by furtive or underhanded methods.sneaked out early in the 13th century |