Usually means: Moved stealthily or furtively; lurked.
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  1. skulked: Merriam-Webster
  2. skulked: Collins English Dictionary
  3. skulked: Vocabulary.com
  4. skulked: Wordnik
  5. skulked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. skulked: Wiktionary
  7. skulked: Dictionary.com
  8. skulked: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Skulked: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Skulked: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. skulked: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. skulked: FreeDictionary.org

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  1. skulked: Encyclopedia

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  1. Skulked: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (skulk)

noun:  A group of foxes.
noun:  (figurative) A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).
noun:  The act of skulking.
noun:  The act of moving in a stealthy or furtive way.
noun:  A stealthy or furtive gait or way of moving.
noun:  The act of avoiding an obligation or responsibility.
noun:  (obsolete, chiefly nautical, military) One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.
verb:  To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).
verb:  To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
verb:  To avoid an obligation or responsibility.
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