Slink
[slɪŋk]
Definition
(verb.) walk stealthily; 'I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey'.
Editor: Rosalie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
(a.) To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
(v. t.) To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
(a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
(a.) Thin; lean.
(n.) The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
(n.) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
Editor: Roxanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Sneak, skulk, steal away, slip away, slink away.
Edited by Candice
Definition
v.i. to creep or crawl away as if ashamed: to sneak:—pa.t. and pa.p. slunk.
v.t. to cast prematurely as a calf.—v.i. to miscarry.—n. a calf prematurely born: the flesh of such: a bastard child.—adj. prematurely born: unfit for food: lean starved: mean.—ns. Slink′-butch′er one who kills and dresses for sale the carcasses of diseased animals; Slink′skin the skin of a slink or leather made from it.—adj. Slink′y lean.
Editor: Stacy
Examples
- Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Why should I slink away without having carried out my commission, and without the payment which was my due? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It had been the calling of his life to slink and skulk and dog and waylay, and he knew his calling well. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His movements were graceful, yet curiously abject, slinking. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He had a strange furtive pride and slinking singleness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr Merdle was slinking about the hearthrug, waiting to welcome Mrs Sparkler. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A man came slinking along, went into the hut, gave a cry as if he had seen a ghost, and legged it as hard as he could run until he was out of sight. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So secretive and active and anxious the young woman seemed, so reluctant, slinking, the young man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They had a peculiar way of doggedly slinking round the corner, as if they were eternally going to the pawnbroker's. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- On, on they came until Kerchak himself slunk stealthily to the very door and peered within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Do you think I would leave her alone to face the music while I slunk away? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His yellow face turned to a more deadly colour when he saw the Captain, and he slunk back guiltily into the inmost parlour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He slunk away with a livid face and two venomous eyes which uttered more threats than his tongue could do. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- So Boucher slunk back again to his house. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Edited by Ingram