Definitions of slink [ɪŋk]

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Definition of 'slink'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) slink
to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear or shame.

2. slink
to walk or move in a sinuous, provocative way.

3. (v.t.) slink
(esp. of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.

4. (n.) slink
a prematurely born calf or other animal.

5. (adj.) slink
born prematurely.

Etymology: (bef. 1150; ME slynken (v.), OE slincan to creep, crawl, c. MLG slinken to subside)

Definition of 'slink'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) slink
walk stealthily
"I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"

Definition of 'slink'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) slink
to creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak

2. (adj) slink
to miscarry; -- said of female beasts

3. (adj) slink
produced prematurely; as, a slink calf

4. (adj) slink
thin; lean

5. (noun) slink
the young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time

6. (noun) slink
a thievish fellow; a sneak

7. (verb) slink
to cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf

Translation of 'slink'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to move as if wanting to avoid attention He slunk into the kitchen and stole a cake.
Afrikaans: sluip	Arabic: يَنْسَلُّ خِفْيَةً	Bulgarian: прокрадвам (се)
Brazilian: esgueirar-se	Czech: plížit se	German: schleichen
Danish: liste	Greek: γλιστρώ, πηγαίνω στα κλεφ	Spanish: moverse sigilosamente
Estonian: hiilima	Farsi: پاورچين رفتن	Finnish: hiipiä
French: aller furtivement	Hebrew: לְהִתגַנֵב	Hindi: लुक-छुरकर आना-जाना
Croatian: šuljati se, posramljeno s	Hungarian: lopakodik	Indonesian: menyelinap
Icelandic: læðast, laumast	Italian: (camminare furtivamente)	Japanese: こっそり動く
Korean: 살금살금 움직이다	Lithuanian: (į)sliūkinti	Latvian: lavīties
Malay: dengan takut-takut	Dutch: sluipen	Norwegian: luske, liste seg
Polish: skradać się	Persian: پاورچين رفتن	Pashto: غلچكى تګ كول، غـلى تلل، پ
Portuguese: esgueirar-se	Romanian: a pleca pe furiş	Russian: красться
Slovak: zakrádať sa	Slovenian: tihotapiti se	Serbian: odšunjati se
Swedish: smyga, slinka	Thai: เดินลับ ๆ ล่อ ๆ	Turkish: gizlice sokulmak; sıvışma
Taiwanese: 溜走(進)，潛逃	Ukrainian: іти крадькома; підкрадати	Urdu: چپکے چپکے
Vietnamese: lẻn vào	Chinese: 溜走（进），潜逃
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