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Slink Meaning & Definition
Slink Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Slink?

[v] walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"

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Slink In Webster's Dictionary

\Slink\, v. t. [imp. {Slunk}, Archaic {Slank}; p. p. {Slunk}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinking}.] [AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See {Sleek}, a.] 1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. ``To slink away and hide.'' --Tale of Beryn. Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent. --Milton. There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed. --Landor. 2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
\Slink\, v. t. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
\Slink\, a. 1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf. 2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
\Slink\, n. 1. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time. 2. A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

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