Meaning

6 senses

  1. (collective)A group of foxes.

  2. (figuratively)A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).

  3. The act of skulking.

    The act of moving in a stealthy or furtive way.

  4. A stealthy or furtive gait or way of moving.

  5. The act of avoiding an obligation or responsibility.

  6. (obsolete)One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.

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Examples

5 sentences

  1. A cat skulked round the corner.

    deEine Katze schlich um die Ecke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. A group of foxes is a skulk.

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  3. I saw him skulking downcast in the bathroom.

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  4. A group of foxes is called a skulk.

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  5. Stop skulking around!

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Origin

From Middle English sculke, skulke, sculken, of North Germanic origin; compare Danish skul

From Middle English sculke, skulke, sculken, of North Germanic origin; compare Danish skulke (“shirk”), Swedish skolka (“play truant”).

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Forms

plural: skulks
Singularskulk
Pluralskulks

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
shirkshirkerskulker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skivvyskuaskullskunk

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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