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Skirling
- verb - make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes"
- play the bagpipes
Skirting
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting"
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- form the edge of
- pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
Skulking
- verb - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
- evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"
Slabbing
- - Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.
Slacking
- verb - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
- become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
- become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
- make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
- make less active or intense
- release tension on; "slack the rope"
- the evasion of work or duty
Slamming
- verb - close violently; "He slammed the door shut"
- dance the slam dance
- strike violently; "slam the ball"
- throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table"
Slanging
- verb - abuse with coarse language
- fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
- use slang or vulgar language
Slanting
- verb - having an oblique or slanted direction
- heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
- Leaning
- lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face"
- present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
- to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"