slink

[ slingk ]

/ slɪŋk /

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verb (used without object), slunk

[sluhngk] /slʌŋk/ or (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/ or (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.

OTHER WORDS FOR slink

1 skulk, sneak; lurk.

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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, adverboutslink, 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

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.
Seeing Big Vistas at Theodore Roosevelt National Park|Emily Pennington|January 21, 2021|Outside Online
Four years earlier, Senators Cruz, Paul, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham similarly chased the presidency but slinked back to the Senate in defeat.
In the Long Game, Even Insurrection May Not Disqualify Presidential Hopes|Philip Elliott|January 8, 2021|Time
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.
Outwitting the Grim Reaper - Issue 94: Evolving|Kevin Berger|December 23, 2020|Nautilus
Mamet slinks 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.
The absurd, sadistic joy of The Flight Attendant|Alex Abad-Santos|December 18, 2020|Vox

One by one I pick them off, and slink back into the shadows.
In Ghost of Tsushima, Honor Is Your Greatest Foe|Patrick Lucas Austin|July 14, 2020|Time
Democrats can't slink away, or crouch, or cut and run against their own record.
Democrats Must Run on Obamacare in November|Robert Shrum|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jones, ever the charmer, proceeds to slink behind the desk and begin fake-hammering away at the keyboard.
Felicity Jones Is Bound for Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We began to slink outside, tentatively crossing the terrace.
Our Visit From Irene|India Hicks|August 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
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.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
And then I can paddle over to town nights, and slink around and pick up things I want.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The 199 Earls bade the whole multitude of their array slink down alongside the river.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
In the face of such a defiance the clerical party must fight fairly, or slink away as cravens.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
Poor Patti would get up in obedience to the order and slink out of the door with her ears drooping.
The Animal Story Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for slink

slink

/ (slɪŋk) /

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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