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slunk

American  
[sluhngk] / slʌŋk /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and the past participle of slink.

slunk British  
/ slʌŋk /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of slink

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He was ready to run, but his mother curled a finger at him and he slunk over to her.

From Literature

Exhausted and sick, he had slunk back to England to recover, to think, and to scheme.

From Literature

Then she slunk away, disappearing into the shadows as if she had never been in the doorway at all.

From Literature

Afterward, with the help of remaining friends, he slunk off to the U.S. in 1876, where he taught in Massachusetts for a while, then took up as a freelance newspaper writer in Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal

Naomi, held on a leash by student Trinity Astilla, was the picture of lithe, feline elegance as she slunk around a dusty enclosure, briefly hopping atop her crate — but not into it.

From Los Angeles Times

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