skulk

Other forms of skulk

past tense

skulked·

present participle

skulking·

third person

skulks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about skulk

What does skulk mean?

skulk means "lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skulk?

skulk has 1 syllable: skulk. In IPA it is /ˈskʌlk/.

What is another word for skulk?

Close synonyms include lurk, malinger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skulk a common word?

skulk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.