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slink
What does slink mean?
slink (verb): walk stealthily.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use slink in a sentence?
- I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does slink come from?
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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walk stealthily
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