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slunk /slʌŋk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sluhngk]
-verb a pt. and the pp. of slink.
Splunk
slink /slɪŋk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [slingk] Show IPA verb, slunk or (Archaic) slank; slunk; slink⋅ing; noun; adjective
-verb (used without object)
1. to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
2. to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way.
-verb (used with object) 3. (esp. of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
-noun 4. a prematurely born calf or other animal.
-adjective 5. born prematurely: a slink calf.
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Origin:
bef. 1150; ME slynken (v.), OE slincan to creep, crawl; c. LG slinken, G schlinken
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Use slunk in a Sentence:
Object
•cabbage: But in contrast to skunk cabbage, you can easily pull a wild calla out of the soil.
Converse of object
•use: While there is little research so far, it is likely that using skunk carries a higher risk of causing mental illness.
•smoke: Have you been smoking too much skunk or eating too many hash cakes?
•avoid: If you have no chance of avoiding the skunk, strive to avoid the double skunk!
•include: The original hybrids, including skunk itself, are believed to have originated in the USA.
•have: By this time we also had a pet skunk which is not native to Alaska.
Adjective modifier
•super: Recently, stronger types of herbal cannabis have become available with names like northern lights and super skunk.
•dead: That he's just trying to slip a dead skunk into the tumble drier.
Modifies a noun
•cabbage: Year by year skunk cabbage becomes more deeply anchored in the ground.
•cannabis: Skunk cannabis This is a strong form of herbal cannabis.
•rock: NME called us ' skunk rock ' - that lasted about three weeks and then it was ' political ' .
•fur: Clothing manufacture Banking facilities for sporran manufacturer that imported from Canada wild fox, raccoon and skunk fur.
•stripe: Fit mudguards too, so that if the road is wet you don't get sprayed with the characteristic " skunk stripe " .
•plant: There we managed to get over the wall without the dog eating us and grab the first skunk plant we saw.
Noun used with modifier
•name: The name Skunk itself points to a USA connection ( being so-called because of the pungent odor it emits while growing ).
•cartoon: Evans clubs the prostrate Irving with this book; [ Mr Irving's ] website depicts the Professor as a cartoon skunk.
•baby: There was a baby skunk lying at the side of the road, and she got out to see if it was still alive.
Preposition: in
•road: What's the difference between a dead skunk in the road and a crushed viola in the road?
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
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Related forms:
slink⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. skulk, sneak; lurk.
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slink (slĭngk)
v. slunk (slŭngk) also slinked, slink·ing, slinks
v. intr.
To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
v. tr.
To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
adj. Born prematurely.
[Middle English slinken, from Old English slincan.]
slink'ing·ly adv.
slunk (slŭngk)
v. A past tense and a past participle of slink.
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slink /slɪŋk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [slingk] Show IPA verb, slunk or (Archaic) slank; slunk; slink⋅ing; noun; adjective
-verb (used without object)
1. to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
2. to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way.
-verb (used with object) 3. (esp. of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
-noun 4. a prematurely born calf or other animal.
-adjective 5. born prematurely: a slink calf.
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Origin:
bef. 1150; ME slynken (v.), OE slincan to creep, crawl; c. LG slinken, G schlinken
Related forms:
slink⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. skulk, sneak; lurk.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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slink (slĭngk)
v. slunk (slŭngk) also slinked, slink·ing, slinks
v. intr.
To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
v. tr.
To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
adj. Born prematurely.
[Middle English slinken, from Old English slincan.]
slink'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Use slink in a Sentence:
Preposition: behind
•shadow: You hide among the bushes, You fly with the air, You slink behind the shadows, But secretly you care.
Modifying Another Word
•away: We don't want any " hired hands " who can feed the sheep, but when the going gets tough, slink away.
•about: He was a friendly, gregarious soul, who used to slink about like an alley cat, rubbing himself up against people.
•just: Blimey... apologies for all of that... I'll just slink off back to my apocolyptic doom cult boards now.
Noun used with modifier
•riverside: For less than finishers in the riverside drive slinks.
•drive: For less than finishers in the riverside drive slinks.
Followed by a transitive particle
•down: Not that John needed a rope to slink down a slippery chimney en route to the elusive northern top!
•off: Just a quick update today before I slink off home.
Followed by an intransitive particle
•off: Luckily enough Bob followed us, he didnât slink off.
•around: And then I can paddle over to town nights, and slink around and pick up things I want.
•away: The first dog may let the newcomer take over a favorite chair and slink away for example.
•out: He slinks out from the shadow of the shed, Peers down, tail twitching, readying every claw.
fur⋅tive /ˈfɜrtɪv/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fur-tiv] Show IPA
Use furtive in a Sentence
See web results for furtive
See images of furtive
-adjective 1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
2. sly; shifty: a furtive manner.
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Origin:
1480-90; < L furtīvus, equiv. to furt(um) theft (cf. fūr thief) + -īvus -ive
Related forms:
fur⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
fur⋅tive⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. clandestine, covert. 2. underhand, cunning.
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clan⋅des⋅tine /klænˈdɛstɪn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [klan-des-tin]
-adjective characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
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Origin:
1560-70; < L clandestīnus, equiv. to *clande, *clamde, var. of clam secretly (with -de adv. particle) + -stīnus, prob. after intestīnus internal; see intestine
Related forms:
clan⋅des⋅tine⋅ly, adverb
clan⋅des⋅tine⋅ness, clan⋅des⋅tin⋅i⋅ty, noun
Synonyms:
hidden, underhand, confidential, illicit.
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sub⋅ver⋅sion /səbˈvɜrʒən, -ʃən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suhb-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] Show IPA
-noun
1. an act or instance of subverting.
2. the state of being subverted; destruction.
3. something that subverts or overthrows.
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Origin:
1350-1400; ME < LL subversiōn- (s. of subversiō) an overthrowing. See sub-, version
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sub⋅vert /səbˈvɜrt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suhb-vurt]
-verb (used with object)
1. to overthrow (something established or existing).
2. to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of.
3. to undermine the principles of; corrupt.
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Origin:
1325-75; ME subverten < L subvertere to overthrow, equiv. to sub- sub- + vertere to turn
Related forms:
sub⋅vert⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. upset, disrupt, undermine, overturn, sabotage.
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-verb a pt. and the pp. of slink.
Splunk
slink /slɪŋk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [slingk] Show IPA verb, slunk or (Archaic) slank; slunk; slink⋅ing; noun; adjective
-verb (used without object)
1. to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
2. to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way.
-verb (used with object) 3. (esp. of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
-noun 4. a prematurely born calf or other animal.
-adjective 5. born prematurely: a slink calf.
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Origin:
bef. 1150; ME slynken (v.), OE slincan to creep, crawl; c. LG slinken, G schlinken
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Use slunk in a Sentence:
Object
•cabbage: But in contrast to skunk cabbage, you can easily pull a wild calla out of the soil.
Converse of object
•use: While there is little research so far, it is likely that using skunk carries a higher risk of causing mental illness.
•smoke: Have you been smoking too much skunk or eating too many hash cakes?
•avoid: If you have no chance of avoiding the skunk, strive to avoid the double skunk!
•include: The original hybrids, including skunk itself, are believed to have originated in the USA.
•have: By this time we also had a pet skunk which is not native to Alaska.
Adjective modifier
•super: Recently, stronger types of herbal cannabis have become available with names like northern lights and super skunk.
•dead: That he's just trying to slip a dead skunk into the tumble drier.
Modifies a noun
•cabbage: Year by year skunk cabbage becomes more deeply anchored in the ground.
•cannabis: Skunk cannabis This is a strong form of herbal cannabis.
•rock: NME called us ' skunk rock ' - that lasted about three weeks and then it was ' political ' .
•fur: Clothing manufacture Banking facilities for sporran manufacturer that imported from Canada wild fox, raccoon and skunk fur.
•stripe: Fit mudguards too, so that if the road is wet you don't get sprayed with the characteristic " skunk stripe " .
•plant: There we managed to get over the wall without the dog eating us and grab the first skunk plant we saw.
Noun used with modifier
•name: The name Skunk itself points to a USA connection ( being so-called because of the pungent odor it emits while growing ).
•cartoon: Evans clubs the prostrate Irving with this book; [ Mr Irving's ] website depicts the Professor as a cartoon skunk.
•baby: There was a baby skunk lying at the side of the road, and she got out to see if it was still alive.
Preposition: in
•road: What's the difference between a dead skunk in the road and a crushed viola in the road?
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
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Related forms:
slink⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. skulk, sneak; lurk.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source |Link To slunk
slink (slĭngk)
v. slunk (slŭngk) also slinked, slink·ing, slinks
v. intr.
To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
v. tr.
To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
adj. Born prematurely.
[Middle English slinken, from Old English slincan.]
slink'ing·ly adv.
slunk (slŭngk)
v. A past tense and a past participle of slink.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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slink /slɪŋk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [slingk] Show IPA verb, slunk or (Archaic) slank; slunk; slink⋅ing; noun; adjective
-verb (used without object)
1. to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
2. to walk or move in a slow, sinuous, provocative way.
-verb (used with object) 3. (esp. of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
-noun 4. a prematurely born calf or other animal.
-adjective 5. born prematurely: a slink calf.
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Origin:
bef. 1150; ME slynken (v.), OE slincan to creep, crawl; c. LG slinken, G schlinken
Related forms:
slink⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. skulk, sneak; lurk.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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slink (slĭngk)
v. slunk (slŭngk) also slinked, slink·ing, slinks
v. intr.
To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
v. tr.
To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
adj. Born prematurely.
[Middle English slinken, from Old English slincan.]
slink'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Use slink in a Sentence:
Preposition: behind
•shadow: You hide among the bushes, You fly with the air, You slink behind the shadows, But secretly you care.
Modifying Another Word
•away: We don't want any " hired hands " who can feed the sheep, but when the going gets tough, slink away.
•about: He was a friendly, gregarious soul, who used to slink about like an alley cat, rubbing himself up against people.
•just: Blimey... apologies for all of that... I'll just slink off back to my apocolyptic doom cult boards now.
Noun used with modifier
•riverside: For less than finishers in the riverside drive slinks.
•drive: For less than finishers in the riverside drive slinks.
Followed by a transitive particle
•down: Not that John needed a rope to slink down a slippery chimney en route to the elusive northern top!
•off: Just a quick update today before I slink off home.
Followed by an intransitive particle
•off: Luckily enough Bob followed us, he didnât slink off.
•around: And then I can paddle over to town nights, and slink around and pick up things I want.
•away: The first dog may let the newcomer take over a favorite chair and slink away for example.
•out: He slinks out from the shadow of the shed, Peers down, tail twitching, readying every claw.
fur⋅tive /ˈfɜrtɪv/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fur-tiv] Show IPA
Use furtive in a Sentence
See web results for furtive
See images of furtive
-adjective 1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
2. sly; shifty: a furtive manner.
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Origin:
1480-90; < L furtīvus, equiv. to furt(um) theft (cf. fūr thief) + -īvus -ive
Related forms:
fur⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
fur⋅tive⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. clandestine, covert. 2. underhand, cunning.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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clan⋅des⋅tine /klænˈdɛstɪn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [klan-des-tin]
-adjective characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
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Origin:
1560-70; < L clandestīnus, equiv. to *clande, *clamde, var. of clam secretly (with -de adv. particle) + -stīnus, prob. after intestīnus internal; see intestine
Related forms:
clan⋅des⋅tine⋅ly, adverb
clan⋅des⋅tine⋅ness, clan⋅des⋅tin⋅i⋅ty, noun
Synonyms:
hidden, underhand, confidential, illicit.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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sub⋅ver⋅sion /səbˈvɜrʒən, -ʃən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suhb-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] Show IPA
-noun
1. an act or instance of subverting.
2. the state of being subverted; destruction.
3. something that subverts or overthrows.
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Origin:
1350-1400; ME < LL subversiōn- (s. of subversiō) an overthrowing. See sub-, version
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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sub⋅vert /səbˈvɜrt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suhb-vurt]
-verb (used with object)
1. to overthrow (something established or existing).
2. to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of.
3. to undermine the principles of; corrupt.
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Origin:
1325-75; ME subverten < L subvertere to overthrow, equiv. to sub- sub- + vertere to turn
Related forms:
sub⋅vert⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. upset, disrupt, undermine, overturn, sabotage.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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