Dictionary Definition
skulk
Verb
1 lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky
and secretive manner [syn: lurk]
2 avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by
pretending to be ill [syn: malinger]
3 move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down
the main street all day"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Translations
to conceal oneself; to hide
- Finnish: piileskellä, lymyillä
Extensive Definition
Skulk is a fictional
character and Amalgam
Comics superhero,
whose true debut was in Doctor Strangefate #1 (1996), though his
(metafictional)
debut was in Tales of Strangefate #157. He is a combination of
DC
Comics' Solomon
Grundy and Marvel
Comics' Hulk.
Character overview and history
Bruce Banner was a scientist experimenting with radiation. An experiment he was working on went horribly wrong, however, and fused him with the elemental entity known as Solomon Grundy. The fusion between Banner and Solomon Grundy became known only as the Skulk. After a confrontation with Dr. Strangefate, Strangefate showed the Skulk that he could keep the Skulk in his human form with the use of magic. The Skulk agreed to work as an agent of Dr. Strangefate in return for Strangefate keeping Skulk in the form of Bruce Banner most of the time. He was one of the agents that Dr. Strangefate sent after Access, though the Skulk failed to capture him.In the alternate universe where Lobo the
Duck resides, the Skulk was killed by the mystery villain who
was also responsible for the deaths of Dr. Strangefate, Vikki
Valkyrie, Super-Soldier,
and Hawkhawk, among
others.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
army,
bunch, clock watcher,
colony, couch, cower, creep, cringe, crouch, dodge, dog it, drift, drive, drove, duck, duck duty, eye-servant,
flock, gam, gang, get out of, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof off,
gumshoe, herd, host, kennel, lay wait, lie in wait,
litter, lurk, malinger, malingerer, nightwalk, not pull fair, old
soldier, pack, pod, pride, prowl, pussyfoot, quail, school, shadow, shirk, shirker, shoal, skulker, slack, slacker, slide out of, slink, slip, slip out of, sloth, snake, sneak, sneak out of, soldier, stalk, steal, tax dodger, tiptoe, trip, troop, truant, welsh, welsher