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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
slink
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
▪ And having lost our zeal for the idle etchings of some bored buckaroo, we slink off into the shade.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A cat named Fred slunk past his legs as we headed for the bedroom.
▪ As for the quacks, they slink around on the margins of the crowd when we hold village meetings.
▪ But Speedo was already on the floor, slinking past Rob into the hallway.
▪ Goneril slunk into the kitchen and wound her body like a fat skein of wool around my feet.
▪ It used to be that a business could slink out of town quietly.
▪ Nothing would have made him do a Damon and slink back.
▪ Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slink

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.

    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

Slink \Slink\, v. t. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.

Slink

Slink \Slink\, a.

  1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.

  2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]

Slink

Slink \Slink\, n.

  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.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
slink

Old English slincan "to creep, crawl" (of reptiles), from Proto-Germanic *slinkan (cognates: Swedish slinka "to glide," Dutch slinken "to shrink, shrivel;" related to sling (v.)). Of persons, attested from late 14c. Related: Slinked; slinking.

Wiktionary
slink
  1. (context Scotland English) thin; lean n. 1 The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf. 2 (context UK Scotland dialect English) A thievish fellow; a sneak. v

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

WordNet
slink
  1. v. walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"

  2. [also: slunk]

Wikipedia
Slink

Slink was an online magazine published by the BBC for teenage girls. The health articles on the site were written by Dr Mel, a regular contributor to BBC Radio 1's The Sunday Surgery and Top of the Pops magazine. Slink was created by members of BBC Switch. On 15 May 2011, the Slink website was closed.

Usage examples of "slink".

Imeyne shouted, and Maisry came slinking out from the brewhouse door, holding her ear.

The scene would be rehearsed several times before Sultan, tired of mummery and eager for actualities, slunk yawling into the bush, while Baal Burra, whimpering in the dusk, waddled home to be caged.

The dog slunk into a corner and hid beneath a manger and lay there growling softly, but I could tell that the beast was not overly brave, or else it would never have lived to be so gray.

After Lavadie had slunk off, Bernabe slouched out to his pickup, tuned the radio to mariachi music coming from KKCV in Chamisaville, and steered onto the highway, turning south.

A number of scrawny mongrel dogs slunk about the place, nuzzling for scraps, occasionally bickering noisily among themselves.

Chewbacca slinks back outside the starship as Han helps the still slightly crazed Montross aboard the craft.

Or else Providence sends the pleuro, and the big strong cattle slink away by themselves and stand under trees glaring savagely till death comes.

Lobo checked the lengthened shadows and spotted the shabby creature slinking up the curving stone stairway.

By this time, of course, the imperialists will know who and what we are, from their slinking spies and cowardly reconnaissance aircraft.

Tupolev had been slinking about the Barents Sea like a fool while Marko had been heading the other way.

There was the serpent, meek as before the days of sin, and the leopard slinking to get among the legs of men, and the lion came trundling along in utter flabbiness, raising not his head.

The riders, spooked and uncertain, leave her for the slinking carrion-eaters.

I spent quite a bit of time hiding or slinking around to stay out of sight.

I watched him as he went slinking off toward the east, pausing now and again to look back over his shoulder at me.

He began slinking his hand toward her wrist and lower forearm, until she could no longer see her hand anymore.