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Definition slink

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 slike.

Verb

slink (third-person singular simple present slinks, present participle slinking, simple past and past participle slunk or slinked or slank)

  1. (intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.

Noun

slink (countable and uncountable, plural slinks)

  1. (countable) A furtive sneaking motion.
  2. The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
  3. The meat of such a prematurely born animal.
  4. (obsolete) A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
  5. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A thievish fellow; a sneak.

Adjective

slink (comparative more slink, superlative most slink)

  1. (Scotland) thin; lean

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INKLES 12
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INKS 9
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INK 8
INS 4
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