Usually means: Moves stealthily or lurks furtively.
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  1. skulks: Merriam-Webster
  2. skulks: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. skulks: Wordnik
  5. skulks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. skulks: Wiktionary
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  8. skulks: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (skulk)

noun:  A group of foxes.
noun:  (figurative) A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).
noun:  The act of skulking.
noun:  The act of moving in a stealthy or furtive way.
noun:  A stealthy or furtive gait or way of moving.
noun:  The act of avoiding an obligation or responsibility.
noun:  (obsolete, chiefly nautical, military) One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.
verb:  To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).
verb:  To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
verb:  To avoid an obligation or responsibility.
▸ Also see skulk


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