skulkverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/skʌlk/us/skʌlk/to hide or move around as if trying not to be seen, usually with bad intentions:
I thought I saw someone skulking in the bushes - maybe we should call the police.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- sidle
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- stow
- tuck
- veil
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