skulkingn.

/ˈskʌlkɪŋ/

Etymology: < skulk v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of the verb, in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > moving softly or stealthily

skulking1297

stealing1581

sneakinga1657

stealthing1955

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun]

skulking1297

skulkery?a1400

lotingc1400

lurking1563

mitching1577

lusking1579

latitation1623

latitat1647

skulk1858

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > dereliction of duty > [noun] > avoidance > by pretending illness

skulking1297

malingering1861

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > pretending illness

skulking1805

malingering1861

soldiering1894

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion

blanching1642

skulking1805

soldiering1840

malingery1841

malingering1861

old soldierism1866

old soldiering1867

scrimshanking1881

shirking1899

gold-bricking1918

lead-swinging1930

skive1958

skiving1958

scowing1959

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5130 Bote hii þus mid scolkinge vpe þe englisse wende.

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 3 Þei went tille Snawdone..To purueie þam a skulkyng, on þe Englis eft to ride.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Sculkynge, cleptura.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 130 Thai var fayis to the kyng, And thoucht to cum in-to scowkyng [1489 Adv. sculking], And duell with hym.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tapissement,..a crooching, skowking, or ducking downe.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxxviii. 18 Annot.) 440/2 The lying hid, and sculking of friends.

1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 9 These hussars..by sudden evolutions and timely skulking, can do great mischiefs.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 415 Intemperance and skulking were never so little practised in any fleet as in this.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling ix. 293 The artifices of salmon are multifarious... ‘Skulking’ is a common one.

b. attributive, as skulking hole, skulking place.

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. ix. 40 Then Ionathas and they that were with him, rose out of their skoukinge places agaynst them.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 157 The Quakers..have their skulking hole to which they run from the Scripture.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 51 The light-footed Grecian..dodged his pursuer from one skulking place to another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

skulkingadj.

Etymology: < skulk v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskulking.

1. That skulks or hides; sneaking, lurking.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective]

loutinga1325

louring?a1400

lurkingc1540

mitching1576

meechering1615

meeching1616

skulking1639

couchant1642

lurching1661

sliving1661

1639 Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 37 The malignitie of some Skulkinge enviers of my preferment.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qq^v/1 I bought it Of a skulking Scribler for two Ptolomies.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 320 What have we to do with the History of a Crew of starving, beggarly, skulking Pyrates?

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 571/2 The Moravians..are apprehensive of a visit from some of their skulking parties.

1803 Naval Chron. 10 82 The skulking French row-boats..make sure work of taking prizes.

1828 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline (new ed.) I. 171 You gave that skulking rascal..money when you spoke to him.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 208 A few skulking marauders.

figurative.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 110 An old skulking statute long since out of use.

2. Characterized by skulking.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective] > characterized by

skulkinga1657

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 39 Such as by stealth, and in a skulking way, did what they did.

1674 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 38 That anonymous and sculking method both of Writing and Licensing.

1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 25 But thy Great Soul this skulking Glory scorns.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. viii. 201 That skulking and rambling mode of life.

Derivatives

ˈskulkingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adverb]

lurkingly1549

in mitching wise1577

mitcherlike1586

skulkingly1847

alurk1872

1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1878 C. J. Vaughan Earnest Words 118 The good thing [presented itself] timidly, skulkingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skulking
释义	skulkingn. /ˈskʌlkɪŋ/ Etymology: < skulk v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of the verb, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > moving softly or stealthily skulking1297 stealing1581 sneakinga1657 stealthing1955 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun] skulking1297 skulkery?a1400 lotingc1400 lurking1563 mitching1577 lusking1579 latitation1623 latitat1647 skulk1858 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > dereliction of duty > [noun] > avoidance > by pretending illness skulking1297 malingering1861 the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > pretending illness skulking1805 malingering1861 soldiering1894 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion blanching1642 skulking1805 soldiering1840 malingery1841 malingering1861 old soldierism1866 old soldiering1867 scrimshanking1881 shirking1899 gold-bricking1918 lead-swinging1930 skive1958 skiving1958 scowing1959 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5130 Bote hii þus mid scolkinge vpe þe englisse wende. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 3 Þei went tille Snawdone..To purueie þam a skulkyng, on þe Englis eft to ride. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Sculkynge, cleptura. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 130 Thai var fayis to the kyng, And thoucht to cum in-to scowkyng [1489 Adv. sculking], And duell with hym. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tapissement,..a crooching, skowking, or ducking downe. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxxviii. 18 Annot.) 440/2 The lying hid, and sculking of friends. 1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 9 These hussars..by sudden evolutions and timely skulking, can do great mischiefs. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 415 Intemperance and skulking were never so little practised in any fleet as in this. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling ix. 293 The artifices of salmon are multifarious... ‘Skulking’ is a common one. b. attributive, as skulking hole, skulking place. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. ix. 40 Then Ionathas and they that were with him, rose out of their skoukinge places agaynst them. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 157 The Quakers..have their skulking hole to which they run from the Scripture. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 51 The light-footed Grecian..dodged his pursuer from one skulking place to another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). skulkingadj. Etymology: < skulk v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskulking. 1. That skulks or hides; sneaking, lurking. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective] loutinga1325 louring?a1400 lurkingc1540 mitching1576 meechering1615 meeching1616 skulking1639 couchant1642 lurching1661 sliving1661 1639 Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 37 The malignitie of some Skulkinge enviers of my preferment. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qq^v/1 I bought it Of a skulking Scribler for two Ptolomies. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 320 What have we to do with the History of a Crew of starving, beggarly, skulking Pyrates? 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 571/2 The Moravians..are apprehensive of a visit from some of their skulking parties. 1803 Naval Chron. 10 82 The skulking French row-boats..make sure work of taking prizes. 1828 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline (new ed.) I. 171 You gave that skulking rascal..money when you spoke to him. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 208 A few skulking marauders. figurative.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 110 An old skulking statute long since out of use. 2. Characterized by skulking. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adjective] > characterized by skulkinga1657 a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 39 Such as by stealth, and in a skulking way, did what they did. 1674 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 38 That anonymous and sculking method both of Writing and Licensing. 1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 25 But thy Great Soul this skulking Glory scorns. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. viii. 201 That skulking and rambling mode of life. Derivatives ˈskulkingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [adverb] lurkingly1549 in mitching wise1577 mitcherlike1586 skulkingly1847 alurk1872 1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1878 C. J. Vaughan Earnest Words 118 The good thing [presented itself] timidly, skulkingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1297adj.1639
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