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Definition of slink verb (used without object), slunk [sluhngk] /slʌŋk/ Archaic ) slank [slangk]; /slæŋk/; slunk; slink·ing. to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way.
verb (used with object), slunk [sluhngk] /slʌŋk/ Archaic ) slank [slangk]; /slæŋk/; slunk; slink·ing. (especially of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
noun
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
adjective
born prematurely: a slink calf.
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Origin of slink First recorded before 1150; Middle English slynken (verb), Old English slincan “to creep, crawl”; cognate with Low German slinken, German schlinken
OTHER WORDS FROM slink slink·ing·ly, adverb outslink, verb (used with object), out·slunk, out·slink·ing. un·slink·ing, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH slink sling , slink Words nearby slink sling hash ,
sling mud at ,
sling off ,
sling psychrometer ,
slingshot ,
slink ,
slink away ,
slinky ,
slinter ,
sliotar ,
slip
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Words related to slink lurk ,
meander ,
prowl ,
sidle ,
skitter ,
skulk ,
slither ,
sneak ,
undulate ,
coast ,
cower ,
glide ,
glissade ,
mooch ,
pussyfoot ,
shirk ,
slick ,
slide ,
slip ,
snake
How to use slink in a sentence Meanwhile, in the distance, a group of wild horses ran right across the road as a coyote slunk out from a nearby ditch.
Four years earlier, Senators Cruz, Paul, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham similarly chased the presidency but slink ed back to the Senate in defeat.
The bodily systems that thrived and repaired themselves to ensure that we pass on healthy genes cease to function well and leave us to slink to the finish line the best we can.
Mamet slink s away with the entire show, as she manages to deliver the chill and severity of an attorney looking out for her friend while never seeming soulless.
One by one I pick them off, and slink back into the shadows.
Democrats can't slink away, or crouch, or cut and run against their own record.
Jones, ever the charmer, proceeds to slink behind the desk and begin fake-hammering away at the keyboard.
We began to slink outside, tentatively crossing the terrace.
Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.
And then I can paddle over to town nights, and slink around and pick up things I want.
The 199 Earls bade the whole multitude of their array slink down alongside the river.
In the face of such a defiance the clerical party must fight fairly, or slink away as cravens.
Poor Patti would get up in obedience to the order and slink out of the door with her ears drooping.
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British Dictionary definitions for slink
verb slinks , slinking or slunk
(intr) to move or act in a furtive or cringing manner from or as if from fear, guilt, etc
(intr) to move in a sinuous alluring manner
(tr) (of animals, esp cows) to give birth to prematurely
noun
an animal, esp a calf, born prematurely (as modifier ) slink veal
Word Origin for slink Old English slincan; related to Middle Low German slinken to shrink, Old Swedish slinka to creep, Danish slunken limp
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