Usually means: Move stealthily or furtively; lurk.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. skulk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. skulk: Merriam-Webster
  3. skulk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. skulk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. skulk: Collins English Dictionary
  6. skulk: Vocabulary.com
  7. skulk: Wordnik
  8. skulk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. skulk: Wiktionary
  10. skulk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. skulk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. skulk: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. skulk: Dictionary.com
  14. skulk: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. skulk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Skulk (Dungeons & Dragons), Skulk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Skulk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. skulk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. skulk: Rhymezone
  20. Skulk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. skulk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. skulk: FreeDictionary.org
  23. skulk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. skulk: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. skulk: Legal dictionary

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  1. skulk: Encyclopedia

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  1. skulk: A Word A Day

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. skulk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Skulk: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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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