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Definition of Skulking
1. Noun. Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated. "They developed a test to detect malingering"
Generic synonyms: Dodging, Escape, Evasion
Derivative terms: Malinger, Skulk
Definition of Skulking
1. Verb. (present participle of skulk) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skulking
1. skulk [v] - See also: skulk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skulking
Literary usage of Skulking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"... Heaven. fox, skulking and prowling for his and the clammy dew sat on the brow
even of vigorous manhood—when journeys undertaken at the approach of dawn, ..."
2. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"Watching their opportunity, skulking among the brush in the edge of the woods
that bordered this settlement, they shot two women 1"Major Tyng was wounded by ..."
3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"In the Maine province the Indians, by their skulking in one neighborhood and
another where the settlers were ..."
4. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"skulking Carriers.—Bowl-making.—India-rubber.—A Trying March.— Fetich Huts.—A
Good Samaritan.—My Men want to turn back.—" Making Brothers. ..."
5. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"A Brutal Slave- dealer.—Dress and Ornaments.—Weapons.—Fish-dealers.—River-side
Scenery.— Game.—skulking Carriers. ..."
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