Definitions
To move or hide quietly, often to avoid notice.
Word origin
From Middle English sculke, skulke, skulken, of North Germanic origin; compare Danish skulke (“shirk”), Swedish skolka (“play truant”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Move furtively”5 letters
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