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Word entry · 5 letters

skulk

Best crossword clue

"Move furtively"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skʌlk/Part of speech verbSorted kklsuStarts with SEnds with K1 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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