skulking

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noun

The action of one who skulks.

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malingering
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of skulk
nounskulking (plural skulkings)

plural skulkings

  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; […]

    1852, William Gilmore Simms, The Sword and the Distaff, page 205

Synonyms & antonyms

nounevading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated

Similar
malingering
Broader
evasionescapedodging
Also see
malingering

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

skulking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skulking

MLA

“skulking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skulking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skulking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skulking.

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