slink
slink Lexical Profile
slink Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To move smoothly, quietly, and stealthily, often out of fear, guilt, or shame.
"After knocking over the vase, the dog tried to slink out of the living room unnoticed."
To walk or move in a sinuous, graceful, or provocative manner.
"The model began to slink down the runway in a shimmering evening gown."
British To give birth to young prematurely (especially of cows, sheep, or other livestock).
"The farmer worried that the stressed ewes might slink their lambs before spring."
• noun
A stealthy, furtive, or sinuous movement or gait.
"The cat crossed the moonlit garden with a low, graceful slink."
A cowardly, sneaky, or furtive person.
"Nobody trusted the informant, regarding him as a spineless slink."
British A prematurely born or aborted calf, lamb, or other young livestock animal, or its skin and flesh.
"The shepherd found a weak slink in the pasture after the harsh frost."
Word Nuance & Usage
The standard past tense and past participle of "slink" is "slunk"; the forms "slinked" and "slank" are rare or dialectal and generally avoided in standard English.
• Rhymes for slink
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English slinken, derived from Old English slincan ("to creep or crawl"), from the Proto-Germanic root *slinkwana.