skulker

Definition of skulkernext
as in skunk
someone who acts in a sly and secret manner she surprised the skulker eavesdropping beneath her window

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Noun
  • Health officials in Oakland County reported that a resident was bitten by a skunk last Friday, which tested positive for rabies earlier this week.
    Eric Henderson, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities found a total of 105 dead animals, including 77 rabbits, 23 chickens, two cats, a duck, a skunk and a squirrel, according to the warrant affidavit.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Skunks are mammals that are more like weasels than rodents.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The little animals that will come to be emblematic of the 2026 Games are stoats, extremely cute critters that in real life are related to the weasel and the otter.
    Mark Scaglione, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Since the border is not straight but snakes along old county lines, some of the journey was bizarre.
    Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Over this week, 61 Catholic brotherhoods snake through the city along the official parade route to Seville's Gothic cathedral and then back to their home churches.
    Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The success rate on the traditional sneak is above the Tush Push success rate.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Roberts chaired the 7 October Parliamentary Commission, whose report draws on forensic evidence, survivor testimonies, and open-source footage to document the crimes committed by Hamas and its allies during the sneak attack on Israel of October 7, 2023.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Skulker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skulker. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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