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skulking
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Verb
Present participle for to move stealthily or furtively
Present participle for to hide oneself or stay out of sight
Present participle for to avoid work or an obligation by feigning illness, injury or incapacitation
Present participle for to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet
Present participle for to hide oneself or stay out of sight
Present participle for to depart quietly, without being noticed
Present participle for to stand or wait around without apparent purpose
Adjective
Sly, cautious, and secretive
Moving or crawling close to the ground
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to move stealthily or furtively
lurking
slinking
sneaking
creeping
loitering
pussyfooting
prowling
sidling
mooching
mousing
padding
slipping
sloping
snaking
stealing
shirking
sidestepping
sliding
snooping
tiptoeing
moving furtively
gliding
edging
slithering
stalking
moving stealthily
worming
treading warily
inching
easing
nosing
hiding
crawling
lying in wait for
lying in wait
insinuating oneself
gumshoeing
encroaching
wriggling
writhing
insinuating
squirming
moving with stealth
passing quietly
going stealthily
creeping around
passing
oozing
flitting
ambushing
waylaying
moving on hands and knees
moving quietly
laying in wait for
moving secretly
waiting in the shadows
concealing yourself
winding
shuffling
wandering
treading
casing
sauntering
tilting
walking
veering
coasting
skittering
moving lightly
watching your step
picking your way
hunting
tramping
roaming
cruising
scavenging
roving
ranging
scrabbling
nosing around
clambering
bellying
dragging
waiting
trailing
pulling oneself
moving unnoticed
dragging oneself
walking quietly
hanging about
going on all fours
worming your way
advancing stealthily
going on belly
dragging oneself along
pulling oneself along
crawling along
approaching unnoticed
moving on all fours
crawling on all fours
scutting
zipping
scurrying
whidding
scudding
darting
guiding
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
moving slowly
advancing slowly
easing oneself
groveling
US
grovelling
UK
glissading
skidding
moving
undulating
skating
streaming
going furtively
sweeping
sinuating
squeezing
steering
removing
inducing
working
righting
extricating
handling
moving carefully
pushing gently
slipping past
drawing out
slipping by
more ❯
“Lily Bachman did not
skulk
around stalking after handsome gentlemen. She was the pursued party, the one who rejected at her own whim.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hide oneself or stay out of sight
hiding
lurking
lying
reposing
keeping out of sight
concealing oneself
lying low
going into hiding
holing up
lying in wait
taking cover
hiding out
lying doggo
going underground
going to ground
going to earth
secreting oneself
finding a hiding place
keeping hidden
sitting tight
keeping a low profile
crouching
concealing yourself
lying in wait for
hanging about
staying hidden
sheltering
hiding oneself
laying low
staying out of sight
“The raccoon will typically
skulk
behind the bushes in our backyard.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid work or an obligation by feigning illness, injury or incapacitation
malingering
shirking
skiving
dodging
goldbricking
evading
sidestepping
shunning
ducking
shamming
swinging the lead
wagging
scrimshanking
playing truant
goofing off
playing hookey
dodging the column
playing the wag
truanting
cutting
faking illness
feigning illness
avoiding work
bunking off
mitching off
pretending to be ill
pretending to be an invalid
eluding
eschewing
avoiding
cheating
getting around
pussyfooting
slipping
shuffling off
sloughing off
parrying
idling
bludging
slacking
bobbing off
skiving off
mitching
playing hooky
bunking
ditching
mooching
cutting class
absenting yourself
hopping the wag
playing the hop
hooking Jack
staying away from school
bagging it
missing
skipping
bumping off
skipping class
blowing off
missing school
skipping classes
deserting
running away
going missing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet
shambling
shuffling
stumbling
lumbering
strolling
trudging
ambling
creeping
plodding
sloughing
tottering
traipsing
doddering
loafing
lolling
moping
moseying
rambling
sauntering
tramping
waddling
wandering
barging
clumping
crawling
drifting
floundering
galumphing
limping
lumping
scuffing
scuffling
slogging
stamping
stomping
stumping
tromping
changing
dragging
flogging
lurching
pounding
shifting
straggling
loitering
walking
dragging your feet
shilly-shallying
going slowly
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hide oneself or stay out of sight
concealing
hiding
lurking
slinking
sneaking
masquerading
sheltering
ducking
harboring
US
harbouring
UK
lying low
holing up
staying out of sight
Verb
▲
Present participle for to depart quietly, without being noticed
sloping off
leaving
going
escaping
disappearing
vanishing
creeping
slinking
sneaking
going away
taking off
making off
clearing off
pushing off
making oneself scarce
slipping away
slinking off
stealing away
creeping off
sneaking off
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stand or wait around without apparent purpose
loitering
lazing
idling
lounging
loafing
waiting
pottering
lingering
tarrying
hanging about
hanging around
wasting time
hanging out
killing time
passing time
mooching about
mooching around
hanging round
whiling away time
Adjective
▲
Sly, cautious, and secretive
furtive
secret
covert
clandestine
surreptitious
sneaky
private
undercover
stealthy
underhand
sneaking
underground
backstairs
stealth
underhanded
privy
sly
sneak
hidden
secretive
conspiratorial
black
shifty
indirect
slinking
wily
slippery
cloaked
cunning
crafty
artful
shady
masked
foxy
evasive
guileful
tricky
scheming
cautious
disguised
calculating
circumspect
creepy
elusive
insidious
hush-hush
behind-the-scenes
hugger-mugger
hole-and-corner
under wraps
under-the-table
sub-rosa
behind someone's back
under the table
cloak and dagger
hole and corner
concealed
devious
duplicitous
designing
clever
subtle
shonky
snide
fly
slim
noiseless
catlike
silent
feline
enigmatic
catty
quiet
veiled
carny
fraudulent
cowardly
yellow
backstair
unauthorized
US
unauthorised
UK
cloak-and-dagger
on the QT
on the sly
shrewd
slick
dodgy
deceitful
dishonest
Machiavellian
deceptive
cagey
conniving
canny
beguiling
unscrupulous
cute
treacherous
astute
sharp
crooked
double-dealing
untrustworthy
closet
cagy
smooth
dubious
ingenious
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
shrouded
smart
pawky
cheating
Janus-faced
unethical
disreputable
dirty
back-alley
disingenuous
savvy
intriguing
vulpine
incognito
suspicious
fishy
sharp-witted
resourceful
confidential
deep
slimy
manipulative
murky
dark
suspect
two-faced
intelligent
knowing
unfair
unprincipled
seedy
streetwise
corrupt
sketchy
dissembled
rogue
backdoor
top-secret
immoral
questionable
false
adroit
bent
imaginative
oblique
skilful
UK
skillful
US
snidey
unofficial
plotting
inside
classified
scandalous
contriving
discreet
iffy
street smart
street-smart
fiendish
restricted
politic
ambiguous
backhanded
reptilian
hole-in-the-corner
low-down
under-the-counter
unseen
roguish
keen
perfidious
smarmy
arch
illegal
camouflaged
roundabout
mysterious
traitorous
deft
circumlocutory
unsportsmanlike
dexterous
US
dissembling
unsporting
bluffing
masterly
dextrous
UK
illusory
captious
delusive
inglorious
snaky
inventive
circuitous
greasy
acute
quick
protected
fast
surprise
closed
privileged
periphrastic
below the belt
crazy like a fox
hushed
intimate
backstage
esoteric
unknown
undisclosed
nonpublic
fly-by-night
offstage
inconspicuous
on the quiet
untold
censored
unpublished
unrevealed
as sharp as a tack
non-public
in ambush
behind the scenes
under one's hat
not for publication
off the record
in camera
not to be disclosed
strictly confidential
not open
close to one's chest
not for circulation
not to be made public
not in the public domain
shadowy
unbowed
nefarious
adept
perceptive
discerning
wise
bootleg
unlawful
intelligence
tactful
spy
under the counter
discriminating
tricksy
brilliant
close
cryptic
dissimulated
impish
mischievous
mean
illicit
illegitimate
crazy like fox
lying
in secret
stinky
tactical
experienced
dirty-dealing
heady
quick-witted
obscured
mendacious
collusive
unhonest
buried
mean-spirited
malicious
irregular
lurking
virulent
incog
ulterior
sinister
wormlike
perilous
ensnaring
dangerous
sly like a fox
huggermugger
like a snake in the grass
sagacious
neat
whip-smart
in holes and corners
unreported
dicey
sub rosa
potentially illegal
of dubious character
heads-up
clouded
mystic
occult
strange
obscure
unenlightened
enigmatical
unintelligible
out-of-the-way
covered
mystical
on the side
unwarranted
unjust
unjustified
unreasonable
foul
unacceptable
off
unnecessary
insincere
unjustifiable
inequitable
implicit
unsatisfactory
inferred
tacit
uncalled for
errant
obliquitous
gimmicky
implied
tête-à-tête
one-on-one
over the fence
a bit much
a bit thick
not cricket
out of turn
out of order
two-timing
understood
playing politics
put on
playing games
not straightforward
faking one out
allusive
inexplicit
hinted at
more ❯
Adjective
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Moving or crawling close to the ground
creeping
slithering
crawling
sneaking
wriggling
writhing
slinking
squirming
worming
grovelling
UK
groveling
US
hobbling
shambling
on all fours
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