slink
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Is slink a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
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What is the meaning of slink?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To sneak about furtively.Examples: "As we do turn our backs From our companion thrown into his grave, So his familiars to his buried fortunes Slink all away, leave their false vows with him, Like empty purses pick’d; and his poor self, A dedicated beggar to the air, With his disease of all-shunn’d poverty, Walks, like contempt, alone."; "Back to the thicket slunk the guilty serpent."; "The leaving us was just a feint; / Back here to London did he slink, / And now works on without a wink / Of sleep, and we are on the brink"intransitive
2. (ambitransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.Examples: "a cow that slinks her calf"ambitransitive
noun (English)
1. (countable) A furtive sneaking motion.Examples: "His slink became a stride; he held his tail high; his eyes began to look more curious than scared. But he was still cautious."countable
2. (obsolete) A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.ScotlandUKcountabledialectaluncountable
adj (English)
1. (Scotland) Thin; leanSynonyms: slunkenScotland
Definition source: Wiktionary