Definitions for slunk

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Spelling: [sluhngk]
IPA: /slʌŋk/

Slunk is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in slunk (klnsu).

Definitions for slunk

noun

  1. a prematurely born calf or other animal.

verb

  1. a simple past tense and the past participle of slink.

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 slunk

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

Examples for slunk

By sharp contrast, the main contenders in the Labour leadership race have slunk away from the Blair memoir and its prescriptions.

After all that, most would have slunk away for a few months to recuperate on some island somewhere.

Williams could have slunk off into the shadows in shame, which no doubt many people at the time expected her to do.

Dubya, meanwhile, slunk out of Washington with an approval rating of 22 percent, the least popular president in 70 years.

For a few hours he slunk from store to store, buying necessaries for his trip.

He shut his eyes twice, and slunk sullenly back to his place.

White Fang slunk into camp one evening and dropped down with a sigh of content.

After tea I slunk away to the nursery, and sat staring into the fire.

He rose to his feet, muttered something about his time coming, and slunk out.

I will not say that he slunk in, but there was an unaccustomed diffidence in his bearing.

Word Value for slunk
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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