slink
IPA: sɫˈɪŋk
noun
- (countable) A furtive sneaking motion.
- 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.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
verb
- (intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
- (transitive, intransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.
adjective
- (Scotland) Thin; lean
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Examples of "slink" in Sentences
- Now back I slink into semi retirement.
- I shall have to slink away in shame now.
- If related to Anonymous, will slink away.
- Slink is created by members of BBC Switch.
- Off to slink into the background once again.
- Slink is an online magazine for teenage girls.
- I'm not going ot slink on here and lie about it.
- Dave is shocked to find Eli slinking to the back.
- And so she had to kind of slink back to the table.
- They will otherwise slink about, and hide from her.
- Braden is the oldest Lavery sibling, and slinks into town in 1998.
- Bush began the American "slink" out of the mess that his lies got us into.
- Normally when you drop out of the presidential race, you kind of slink home and lay low.
- December 3rd, 2009 9: 34 am ET you announce, you don't announce and simply 'slink' away like a beaten dog
- I see a person what you may call slink away secret, like she'd done somethin 'to be' shamed of, 'twas that girl.
- Dictionary.com had several meanings for the word "slink" but I like this one: "to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way".
- It is an ascertained fact that young or "slink" veal very frequently gives rise to diarrhoea, more especially when that disease is epidemic.
- It may also be mentioned here that the sight of a green, freshly-skinned hide, or a freshly-skinned carcass, will frequently cause cows to "slink" their calves.
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