slinky
Americanadjective
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characterized by or proceeding with slinking or stealthy movements.
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made of soft, often clinging material that follows the figure closely and flows with body movement.
a slinky gown.
adjective
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moving in a sinuously graceful or provocative way
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(of clothes) figure-hugging; clinging
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characterized by furtive movements
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Instead of incessant strobes and Charli clad in a slinky skirt, performing solo with no choreography, Johannes proposes backup dancers, green glitter, high wires and harnesses.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
Ellie Saab's runway featured slinky trenches that were tightly belted and Givenchy's designs appeared lighter in colour with bold black buttons and buckles.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
And at Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, Kazakh artist Waldemar Zimbelmann offers viewers a slinky series of self-portraits in which the artist twists, spins and transforms himself in a series of highly textured guises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
The light from the star stretches and compresses - just like a slinky.
From Space Scoop ● Apr. 23, 2025
His front paws stretched like a slinky as he leaned against the cupboard, paws inches from the countertop.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
“Stay on That” is one of the slinkier numbers on the album, with rapidly strummed guitars and a wah-wah squawk that recalls Isaac Hayes’s “Theme From Shaft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin is best known for TV’s “Mission: Impossible” theme, and “Danube Incident,” created for one of the show’s episodes, is slinkier music to spy to.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
The company hinted at a slinkier, less boxy design with its Monograph concept at the New York Auto Show last spring.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2017
So the question must be asked: Are cats just like dogs but in slinkier form, eager and able to be part of the human family?
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2015
There are exceptions; Tony isn’t quite the role for Chase Finlay , who needs to play it a bit rougher and slinkier to convince us he’s a city kid.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2011
Jack O’Dell, the slinkiest drummer in town, is packing up his drumsticks.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
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