slink
A furtive sneaking motionA furtive sneaking motion.
» The centipede slinked through the overgrown grass.
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5 senses(countable)A furtive sneaking motion.
(countable, uncountable)The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
Frühgeburt
недоно́сокnedonósok
(countable, uncountable)The meat of such a prematurely born animal.
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A thievish fellow; a sneak.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
Examples
8 sentencesThe centipede slinked through the overgrown grass.
The centipede slinked along the rocky ledge.
The centipede slinked into the narrow crevice.
He was trying to slink into the house.
ruОн пытался прокрасться в дом. — odexed
The ferret slunk between the bars of the gate.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), fromFrom Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”).
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Forms
plural: slinksLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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