slink
[ slingk ]
/ slɪŋk /
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.
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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, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH slink
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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
One such thing is Katie Holmes slinking around in all-black and doing her best Fosse while crooning “Hit Me With a Hot Note.”
If anyone can talk Muammar Gaddafi into slinking away from Libya, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says it's him.
Last May, when the United Nations dispatched Bill Clinton to Haiti, it felt as if Clinton was slinking off the world stage.
She hissed at him angrily, and made a threatening gesture with her hands, which sent him slinking back to the darkness.
Getting close to the kopje, he saw a number of the enemy slinking off, and at once challenged them.
In the midst of it all two figures were espied, slinking along toward the boat-landing, anxious to escape notice.
Beyond this village lay a ruined city, now inhabited by cobras and slinking jackals.
The Capuan saw his followers slinking away with Ardix and his Gauls.
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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