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Definitions for slink
slɪŋkslink

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. slinkverb

    walk stealthily

    "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"

Wiktionary

  1. slinknoun

    The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.

  2. slinknoun

    A thievish fellow; a sneak.

  3. slinkverb

    To sneak about furtively.

  4. slinkverb

    To give birth to an animal prematurely.

  5. Etymology: From slincan, from slenkanan (compare Dutch slinken, Swedish slinka).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Slinkverb

    To cast; to miscarry of. A low word.

    To prevent a mare’s slinking her foal, in snowy weather keep her where she may have good spring-water to drink. John Mortimer.

  2. To Slinkverb

    preter. slunk. To sneak; to steal out of the way.

    Etymology: slingan , Saxon, to creep.

    We will slink away in supper-time, disguise us at my lodging, and return all in an hour. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

    As we do turn our backs
    From our companion, thrown into his grave,
    So his familiars from his buried fortunes
    Slink away. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.

    He, after Eve seduc’d, unminded slunk
    Into the wood fast by. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Not far from hence doth dwell
    A cunning man, hight Sidrophel,
    To whom all people far and near
    On deep importances repair;
    When brass and pewter hap to stray,
    And linen slinks out of the way. Hudibras.

    She slunk into a corner, where she lay trembling ’till the company went their way. Roger L'Estrange.

    He would pinch the children in the dark, and then slink into a corner, as if no body had done it. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.

    A weasel once made shift to slink
    In at a corn-loft through a chink;
    But having amply stuff’d his skin,
    Could not get out as he got in. Alexander Pope, Epist. of Horace.

    We have a suspicious, fearful, and constrained countenance, often turning back, and slinking through narrow lanes. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. slink

    Slink is a verb that means to move smoothly and quietly, often in a secretive or unobtrusive manner. It can also mean to avoid detection or attention by moving cautiously or surreptitiously. It carries the connotation of guilt, shame or fear. It can also refer to a type of cable used in computers and electronic devices to transfer data.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Slinkadjective

    to creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak

  2. Slinkadjective

    to miscarry; -- said of female beasts

  3. Slinkverb

    to cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf

  4. Slinkadjective

    produced prematurely; as, a slink calf

  5. Slinkadjective

    thin; lean

  6. Slinknoun

    the young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time

  7. Slinknoun

    a thievish fellow; a sneak

  8. Etymology: [AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See Sleek, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Slink

    slingk, v.i. to creep or crawl away, as if ashamed: to sneak:—pa.t. and pa.p. slunk. [A.S. slincan, to creep; Low Ger. sliken, Ger. schleichen.]

  2. Slink

    slingk, v.t. to cast prematurely, as a calf.—v.i. to miscarry.—n. a calf prematurely born: the flesh of such: a bastard child.—adj. prematurely born: unfit for food: lean, starved: mean.—ns. Slink′-butch′er, one who kills and dresses for sale the carcasses of diseased animals; Slink′skin, the skin of a slink, or leather made from it.—adj. Slink′y, lean.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slink in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of slink in a Sentence

  1. Angela Carter:

    Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through.

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