nnoun.actevading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitatedSynset:malingering
Examples:- they developed a test to detect malingering
Derivationally Related Form:skulkmalinger
Hypernyms:dodging escape evasion
Inherited Hypernyms:malingeringevasionnegligencenonaccomplishmentacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.stativelie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive mannerSynset:lurk skulk
Derivationally Related Form:lurkerskulker
Hypernyms:conceal hide
Inherited Hypernyms:lurkhide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.socialavoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be illSynset:malinger skulk
Derivationally Related Form:malingererskulkingskulkermalingering
Hypernyms:fiddle goldbrick shirk shrink from
Inherited Hypernyms:malingerfiddleavoid
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.motionmove stealthilyExamples:- The lonely man skulks down the main street all day
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:skulkwalktravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: skulk)