Skulk

Quick meaning: Skulk is a noun meaning (collective) A group of foxes.

Meaning

(collective) A group of foxes.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).
2. The act of skulking.
3. To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).
4. To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
5. To avoid an obligation or responsibility.
6. (obsolete, chiefly nautical, military) One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.

Example Sentences

A group of foxes is called a skulk.

A skulk of foxes, a cowardice of curs are tonight’s traffic whispering in the yards and lanes.

[…] they went on, down the road, staggering, and shouldering each other, like a skulk of Jacobean villains.

[…] a skulk of priests flapped out of the Church of San Geronimo, and women kneeling at novena put away their beads […]

Word Forms

• skulks
• skulking
• skulked

Synonyms for skulk

Depending on context, synonyms include shirk, shirker, skulker, hide, sneak, steal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prowl, lurk, malinger, sneak, foxcub, fuffle.

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