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slink

  [slingk] verb, slunk or (Archaic) slank; slunk; slink⋅ing; noun; adjective
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–verb (used without object)
1. to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
2. to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way.
–verb (used with object)
3. (esp. of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
–noun
4. a prematurely born calf or other animal.
–adjective
5. born prematurely: a slink calf.
Origin:
bef. 1150; ME slynken (v.), OE slincan to creep, crawl; c. LG slinken, G schlinken

Related forms:
slink⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. skulk, sneak; lurk.
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Word Origin & History

slink 
O.E. slincan "to creep, crawl" (of reptiles), from P.Gmc. *slenkanan (cf. Swed. slinka "to glide," Du. slinken "to shrink, shrivel;" related to sling (v.)). Of persons, attested from c.1374. Slinky (adj.) "sinuous and slender," of women or clothes, first attested 1921. As a proprietary name for a spring marketed as a toy, 1948, by James Industries Inc., Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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