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slink
English
Etymology
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkan? (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”). Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sl??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
slink (third-person singular simple present slinks, present participle slinking, simple past and past participle slunk or slinked or slank)
- (intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene 2,[1]
- As we do turn our backs
- From our companion thrown into his grave,
- So his familiars to his buried fortunes
- Slink all away, leave their false vows with him,
- Like empty purses pick’d; and his poor self,
- A dedicated beggar to the air,
- With his disease of all-shunn’d poverty,
- Walks, like contempt, alone.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9[2]
- Back to the thicket slunk the guilty serpent.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene 2,[1]
- (transitive, intransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.
- a cow that slinks her calf
Translations
Noun
slink (countable and uncountable, plural slinks)
- (countable) A furtive sneaking motion.
- 1998, Beppie Noyes, Mosby, the Kennedy Center Cat (page 30)
- His slink became a stride; he held his tail high; his eyes began to look more curious than scared. But he was still cautious.
- 1998, Beppie Noyes, Mosby, the Kennedy Center Cat (page 30)
- The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
- The meat of such a prematurely born animal.
- (obsolete) A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
Translations
Adjective
slink (comparative more slink, superlative most slink)
- (Scotland) thin; lean
Anagrams
- kilns, links
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
slink
- first-person singular present indicative of slinken
- imperative of slinken
Anagrams
- links
Swedish
Verb
slink
- imperative of slinka.
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scink
English
Noun
scink (plural scinks)
- Archaic form of skink.
Anagrams
- Nicks, nicks, snick
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