slink

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The doctor stood up as one that nerves himself to meet a great horror He watched the light fade out of the eyes of this horror, the expression slink from the features, the breath remove from the lips, the pulses cease in the veins and arteries, until an image, some lifeless and staring idol, stood before him It swayed.

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  1. intransitive verb To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
  2. transitive verb To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
  3. noun An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
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  • The top turn of the Slinky, or the top "slink" (as Paul calls it) is pulled down by gravity, but it's also pulled down by the tension forces from the rest of the stretched Slinky. —  EBSCOhost
  • Men who did not slink or prowl, who did not weep and bemoan their fate, but toiled purposefully at the wreckage, succoring the wounded, seeking the Machines, trying clumsily to make them work. —  Astounding Stories June, 1935
  • Or will I merely slink off to the stalls filled with mini potties and silently weep into the toilet paper? —  BlogHer
  • Once you're up and running again, you and three fully-grown friends can slink past the huge gullwing doors and enjoy all the creature comforts: electronic rear-view mirrors, TV screens for all passengers, a sound system with GPS and Bluetooth telephone, leather upholstery, central locking and climate control. —  Crave at CNET UK
  • I believe, he even misled Scimitar and told her, "I will be happiest to met you" only to slink away on the last minute. —  THE INTELLIGENT SINGAPOREAN
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slunk ·  utterly ·  sorrowfully ·  smite ·  differre ·  verily ·  gibber ·  hector ·  remount ·  dipstick ·  monstercockvideoclip ·  saunter

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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English slinken, from Old English slincan.

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  1. Also dial. slinch; from Middle English *slinken, slynken, sclynken, from Anglo-Saxon slincan (preterit *slanc, past participle *sluncen), creep (cf. slincend, a reptile), = Middle Low German slinken, slink, shrink; a nasalized form of Anglo-Saxon slīcan, creep, = Old High German slīhhan, slīchan, Middle High German slīchen, German schleichen, slink, crawl, sneak, move slowly: see sleek, slick, slike, Cf. Lithuanian slinkti, creep: see sling.
  2. from slink, v.
  3. Also slunk; from slink, v.
  4. Related to slank and slunken, and with these prob. ult. from the root of slink: see slank and slunken.
  5. Cf. slang, slanket (?).
 

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