4 entries under this word

Slink

Slĭnk, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. SLUNK (SLANK, obs. or rare); p. pr. & vb. n. SLINKING.] [A-S. slincan, Sw. slinka, L. Ger. sliken, O. H. Ger. slîhhan, N. H. Ger. schleichen.]

Sense 1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.

Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent. Milton.

There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed. Landor.

Sense 2. To miscarry, as a beast.

Slĭnk, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To cast prematurely; to abort or miscarry of, as the female of a beast.

Slĭnk, a.

adjective

a. Produced prematurely; as a slink calf.

Slĭnk, n.

noun

n. 1. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely; especially, a calf brought forth before its time. 2. A sneaking, thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.