Slink

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
  • v. To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
  • n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
  • adj. Born prematurely.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To sneak about furtively.
  • v. To give birth to an animal prematurely.
  • n. The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
  • n. A thievish fellow; a sneak.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
  • v. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
  • v. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts.
  • adj. Produced prematurely.
  • adj. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sneak; steal or move quietly: generally with off or away.
  • n. A sneaking fellow.
  • n. A greedy starveling.
  • n. A cheat.
  • To cast prematurely: said of a female boast.
  • To miscarry; cast the young prematurely: said of a female boast.
  • n. An animal, especially a calf, prematurely brought forth.
  • n. The flesh of an animal prematurely brought forth; the veal of a calf killed immediately after being calved; bob-veal.
  • n. A bastard child.
  • n. A thin or poor and bony fish, especially such a mackerel. See mackerel.
  • Produced prematurely: as, a slink calf.
  • Immature and unfit for human food: as, slink veal; slink meat.
  • Thin; slender; lean; starved and hungry: as, slink cattle.
  • Sneaky; mean.
  • n. A small piece of wet meadow-land.
  • n. The skin of a still-born calf. Also slunk.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. walk stealthily
    • Verb Form
    slinked    slinking    slinks    slunk   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    walk   
    Variant
    slunk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    miscarry    thin    lean    sneak    steal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    slunk    utterly    they    sorrowfully    drink   
     
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