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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