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Definitions for: Slink [v] walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"
Webster (1913) Definition: Slink, v. t. [imp. Slunk, Archaic Slank; p. p.
Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinking.] [AS. slincan; probably
akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See Sleek, a.]
1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. ``To slink
away and hide.'' --Tale of Beryn.
Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent.
--Milton.
There were some few who slank obliquely from them as
they passed. --Landor.
2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
Slink, v. t.
To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that
slinks her calf.
Slink, a.
1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
Slink, n.
1. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a
calf brought forth before its time.
2. A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
See Also: walk
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