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skulk
Pronunciation: ⁄skʌlk⁄
verb
[no object]
·              keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive:
don’t skulk outside the door like a spy!
·    [with adverbial of direction] move stealthily or furtively:
he spent most of his time skulking about the corridors
noun
·              a group of foxes:
the skulk howls away into the night


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