Definitions for slink

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Spelling: [slingk]
IPA: /slɪŋk/

Slink is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in slink (iklns).

Definitions for slink

noun

  1. a prematurely born calf or other animal.

adjective

  1. born prematurely:

verb (used with object)

  1. (especially of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.

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.

Origin of slink

before 1150; Middle English slynken (v.), Old English slincan to creep, crawl; cognate with Low German slinken, German schlinken

Examples for slink

We began to slink outside, tentatively crossing the terrace.

In an instant, before the villain could slink away, I had him by the neck.

For a moment I was abashed and would have liked to slink out of sight.

He waited his opportunity to slink out of camp to the woods.

You can't hope to slink past a cunning, wide-awake, evil brute like he was.

But he had one sentence more to hear before he was suffered to slink away.

I believe my faith the higher, the better for mankind—Am I to slink away?

Can I slink by a side-road out of sight of my own intelligence?'

Jones, ever the charmer, proceeds to slink behind the desk and begin fake-hammering away at the keyboard.

He would have succeeded, nevertheless, had he not been so ready to slink off as soon as you looked at him.

Word Value for slink
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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