skulking

English

Verb

skulking

1. present participle and gerund of skulk

Noun

skulking (plural skulkings)

1. The action of one who skulks.
   • 1852, William Gilmore Simms, The Sword and the Distaff, page 205:

     You will know them by their sly looks; their skulkings, peepings, watchings, and the snares they lay;—by the great papers, with great seals, that they carry; […]