Synonyms for skulk
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skuhlk |
| Phonetic Transcription : skÊŒlk |
Top 10 synonyms for skulk Other synonyms for the word skulk
Définition of skulk
Origin :- c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norwegian skulke "to shirk, malinger," Danish skulke "to spare oneself, shirk," Swedish skolka "to shirk, skulk, slink, play truant." Common in Middle English but lacking in 15c.-16c. records; possibly reborrowed 17c. Related: Skulked; skulking; skulker; skulkery.
- verb lurk; shirk
- He does not shuffle or prevaricate, dodge or skulk; but is honest, upright, and straightforward.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- He didn't mean to skulk like a whipped cur about his own decks.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- Instead, he must skulk in the thicket like a coyote until the man passed.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- Sit there and skulk, while the others do the work, would you?
- Extract from : « Cutlass and Cudgel » by George Manville Fenn
- I suppose you thought that, being off duty, you could skulk in your cabin and do nothing.
- Extract from : « Under the Chilian Flag » by Harry Collingwood
- On coming within sight of us, the figure was seen to skulk and hide in the bushes.
- Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
- "We do not skulk any longer like rats or city men in dark holes," he told them.
- Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
- Everything has seemed to cower, skulk, and hide, to run as if pursued.
- Extract from : « The Face of the Fields » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- Yet no matter how you may hide and skulk and hunt, never a glimpse of one of them will you get.
- Extract from : « Everyday Adventures » by Samuel Scoville
- A moment later they began to skulk off in the direction of the grove.
- Extract from : « In The Saddle » by Oliver Optic
Antonyms for skulk
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