Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun skulking

1 sense of skulking

Sense 1
malingering, skulking -- (evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering")
       => evasion, escape, dodging -- (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb skulk

3 senses of skulk

Sense 1
lurk, skulk -- (lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner)
       => hide, conceal -- (prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money")

Sense 2
malinger, skulk -- (avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill)
       => fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")

Sense 3
skulk -- (move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")