Skulk
Skulk , intransitive verb
[Of Scand. origin; compare Danish skulke to spare or save one's self, to play the truant, Swedish skolka to be at leisure, to shirk, Icelandic skolla. Compare Scowl.]
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.
Want skulks in holes and crevices.
Discovered and defeated of your prey,
You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
Skulk , noun
[Compare Icelandic skollr, skolli, a fox, and English skulk, v.i.]
A number of foxes together. — Wright
Skulk , noun
One who, or that which, skulks.
Also: Skulker