Skulk is also used—though less often—as a noun, referring either to “one that skulks” or to a group of foxes, animals often held to be furtively lurking around.

Moving to avoid being seen (Definition of skulk from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of skulk verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. + adv./prep. to hide or move around secretly, especially when you are planning something bad. There was someone …

If you skulk somewhere, you hide or move around quietly because you do not want to be seen. You, meanwhile, will be skulking in the safety of the car.

Skulk definition: to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.. See examples of SKULK used in a sentence.

Nov 1, 2025 · An exempt, a skulk, or one upon whom rested the faintest suspicion of evading duty or shrinking in the critical hour of impending battle, was the special object of his wrath.

Skulking is cowardly. It means hiding out, either because you're trying to pull something off in secret, or because you're trying to get out of doing something you're supposed to be doing. If …

Skulk definition: To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk.

Some common synonyms of skulk are lurk, slink, and sneak. While all these words mean "to behave so as to escape attention," skulk suggests more strongly cowardice or fear or sinister …

Define skulk. skulk synonyms, skulk pronunciation, skulk translation, English dictionary definition of skulk. intr.v. skulked , skulk·ing , skulks 1. To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad …