skell

Etymology 1

 * Perhaps from, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users.
 * Alternatively, from or  ("to beg in the streets"). Used by, 1599.
 * In the sense of a suspicious person, popularized by the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.

Noun

 * 1)  a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
 * Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?
 * 1)  A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:vagabond

Verb

 * 1)  To fall off or fall over.
 * She went skelling over on the ice.