Meaning

(collective) A group of foxes..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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

A skulk of fox padded daintily over a stream-slashed meadow, and a herd of deer like iron ornaments stood stock still in their winter pelage.

A group of foxes is called a skulk.

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

The law was served by a skulk of informers, who traded their whispers to the royal foresters and woodwards, who gilded their tales for the verderers and regarders, who presented the guilty to the forest Justices.

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

Ten days after the attacks, a skulk of insurance executives met with President Bush and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans to press for the creation of a multibillion-dollar government safety net to limit their exposure to future terrorist incidents.

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Word Forms

• skulks
• skulking
• skulked

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