slink
verb (used without object)
to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
slank
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past tense formof slink.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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German carp slank into his yard, began to feed upon the carrots, the asparagus.
From Time Magazine Archive
First the buttons: thack-thack; then the lever: slank.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rear was even worse, as men slank off from it at every opportunity.
From The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
In an evil hour for his own chances Joe Harley chose that worse counsel, and slank off in his familiar crouching fashion towards the opposite corner of the copse.
From Strange Stories by Grant Allen
Dan. slank, a depression in the land, a hollow, O. N. slakki, Norse slakke.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
