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skulking
(encz) | skulking,krčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
skulking
(encz) | skulking,skrývání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Skulking
(gcide) | Skulk \Skulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skulked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Skulking.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke to spare or
save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at
leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla. Cf. Scowl.]
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie
close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. "Want skulks in
holes and crevices." --W. C. Bryant.
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Discovered and defeated of your prey,
You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
--Dryden.
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skulking
(wn) | skulking
n 1: evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;
"they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn:
malingering, skulking] |
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Skulking
(gcide) | Skulk \Skulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skulked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Skulking.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke to spare or
save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at
leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla. Cf. Scowl.]
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie
close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. "Want skulks in
holes and crevices." --W. C. Bryant.
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Discovered and defeated of your prey,
You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
--Dryden.
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Skulkingly
(gcide) | Skulkingly \Skulk"ing*ly\, adv.
In a skulking manner.
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