SKULKING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated

Example:

they developed a test to detect malingering

Synonyms:

malingering; skulking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("skulking" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)

Derivation:

skulk (avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill)

-ing form of the verb skulk