"skulking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skulkings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skulking (plural skulkings)
  1. The action of one who skulks.
    Sense id: en-skulking-en-noun-GBz6QlnN

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} skulking
  1. present participle and gerund of skulk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: skulk
    Sense id: en-skulking-en-verb-D~J86r5o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Inflected forms

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