Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Slim; slender; lank.
- noun A slope; a declivity; a depression in the ground.
- noun Wrinkled skin: especially used of animals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
slink .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
slink .
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Examples
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I bought a ham steak and slank slunked? off, and substituted it in the mussels dish I made.
What Do You Mean, You Don't Sell Pigs Feet? Con Chapman 2011
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I will be snapping up the Dutch version in a couple of weeks and look forward to picking out the few words I know, like slagroom, slank, and my personal favorite, kikker which means frog.
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The snuggie keeps you snug, but the slanket keeps you...slank?
The Snuggie is a "cheap knockoff" that "undermines the integrity" of Slanket. Ann Althouse 2009
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George Bush slank out of office as the most detested president in American history.
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Straight into a clutch of used car salesmen she rode, or slank if you will.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2006
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I finally slunk (slinked? slank? slanked? slunked?) back to the store, and felt like a dirtbag for the rest of the day.
idiot-milk Diary Entry idiot-milk 2004
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The people crowded about the parties, and somewhat impeded Lord Mungo's retreat; upon which Lord Lovat called out to the people, "Pray, gentlemen, make room for Lord Mungo Murray," Lord Mungo slank away, and the affair ended without bloodshed.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson
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He was left in a low slank after a fflood, and ye water fell away from him, and he died.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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Then hung his head, and slank away, and all his dirty crew
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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Gosh, he gave them a talking to, and they slank away.
Living Alone Stella Benson 1912
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