Skulking
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action of one who skulks.
"You will know them by their sly looks; their skulkings, peepings, watchings, and the snares they lay;—by the great papers, with great seals, that they carry; […]"
- 2 evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of skulk form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"He had not swum more than a few yards before one of the skulking ground sharks had him fast by the upper part of the thigh."