Slink

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slink \Slink\, a.
     1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
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     2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slink \Slink\, n.
     1. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a
        calf brought forth before its time.
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     2. A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slink \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.
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              Back to the thicket slunk
              The guilty serpent.                   --Milton.
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              There were some few who slank obliquely from them as
              they passed.                          --Landor.
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     2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slink \Slink\, v. t.
     To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that
     slinks her calf.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slink
       v : walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"
       [also: {slunk}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "slink":
     amble, barge, bowl along, bundle, clump, contort, corkscrew, couch,
     cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crinkle, crouch, drag, flounce, foot,
     footslog, go on tiptoe, grovel, gumshoe, halt, hippety-hop, hitch,
     hobble, hop, inch, inch along, intort, jog, jolt, jump, lay wait,
     lie in wait, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, lurk, meander, mince,
     nightwalk, pace, pad, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance,
     prowl, pussyfoot, quail, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scallop,
     scrabble, scramble, screw, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, serpentine,
     shadow, shamble, shirk, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, skulk,
     slide, slither, slog, slouch, snake, sneak, sneaker, stagger,
     stalk, stamp, steal, steal along, stomp, straddle, straggle,
     stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, swirl, tippytoe,
     tiptoe, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trip, trudge, turn, twine,
     twirl, twist, twist and turn, waddle, wamble, weasel, whirl, whorl,
     wiggle, wind, wobble, worm, worm along, wring