'Skulking' definitions:
Definition of 'skulking'
(from WordNet)
noun
Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn: malingering, skulking]
Definition of 'Skulking'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Discovered and defeated of your prey, You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'skulking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- clandestine,
- covert,
- cowering,
- cringing,
- doggo,
- feline,
- furtive,
- hidden out,
- hidlings,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- in ambush,
- in hiding,
- in the wings,
- lurking,
- on tiptoe,
- privy,
- prowling,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooted,
- quailing,
- quiet,
- shifty,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- stealing,
- stealthy,
- surreptitious,
- under cover,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unobtrusive,
- waiting concealed