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slink
[ slingk ]
verb (used without object)
slunkslunk or (Archaic) slank slinking
- to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
Synonyms: , ,
- to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way.
verb (used with object)
slunkslunk or (Archaic) slank slinking
- (especially of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
noun
- a prematurely born calf or other animal.
adjective
- born prematurely:
a slink calf.
slink
/ ɪŋ /
verb
- 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
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Other 51Թ Forms
- iԲ· adverb
- dzܳȴ verb (used with object) outslunk outslinking
- ܲ·iԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slink1
First recorded before 1150; Middle English slynken (verb), Old English slincan “to creep, crawl”; cognate with Low German slinken, German schlinken
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slink1
Old English slincan; related to Middle Low German slinken to shrink, Old Swedish slinka to creep, Danish slunken limp
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"I tried to slink away and he was reeling me back," Annie says.
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As he slinks off, Royal says that the past six days have been the best of his life.
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The GOP majority has turned over its constitutional prerogatives to Trump and Musk and is slinking away like a pack of beaten dogs.
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Yet by the end of her meal, she had slunk down so low her head was almost level to the table.
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Not that you would know it from the way he first slinks onscreen, silent and watchful.
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