slink Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb walk stealthily
    • I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey

WordNet

Slink transitive verb
Etymology
AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See Sleek, a.
Wordforms
imperfect Slunk archaic Slank ; past participle Slunk; present participle & verbal noun Slinking
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
Slink adjective
Definitions
  1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
  2. Thin; lean. Scot.
Slink noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913