Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

skulkingmore about skulking

skulking

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Discovered  and  defeated  of  your  prey,  You  skulked 
  behind  the  fence,  and  sneaked  away  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skulking 
  adj  :  marked  by  quiet  and  caution  and  secrecy;  taking  pains  to 
  avoid  being  observed;  "a  furtive  manner";  "a  lurking 
  prowler";  "a  sneak  attack";  "stealthy  footsteps";  "a 
  surreptitious  glance  at  his  watch";  "someone  skulking 
  in  the  shadows"  [syn:  {furtive},  {lurking},  {sneak(a)}, 
  {sneaky},  {stealthy},  {surreptitious}] 
  n  :  evading  duty  or  work  by  pretending  to  be  incapacitated  [syn: 
  {malingering}]




more about skulking