slink past tense and past participle slunk
- slink past tense and past participle slunk
- verb (intransitive always + adv/prep)
to move somewhere quietly and secretly, especially because you are afraid or ashamed
(+ away/off/back etc): I saw you slinking off early!
Longman dictionary of contemporary English.
2004.
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slink — [ slıŋk ] (past tense and past participle slunk) verb intransitive slink away/off/out etc. to go somewhere slowly and quietly so that people will not notice you: Ray slunk out of the building … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
slink — [slıŋk] v past tense and past participle slunk [slʌŋk] [I always + adverb/preposition] [: Old English; Origin: slincan to creep ] to move somewhere quietly and secretly, especially because you are afraid or ashamed = ↑creep ▪ Edward was hoping to … Dictionary of contemporary English
slink — has the past tense and past participle slunk … Modern English usage
slink — UK [slɪŋk] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms slink : present tense I/you/we/they slink he/she/it slinks present participle slinking past tense slunk UK [slʌŋk] / US past participle slunk to go somewhere slowly and quietly so that people will… … English dictionary
slink — [slɪŋk] (past tense and past participle slunk [slʌŋk] ) verb [I] to go somewhere slowly and quietly so that people will not notice you Ray slunk out of the building.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
slunk — [slʌŋk] the past tense and past participle of ↑slink … Dictionary of contemporary English
slunk — the past tense and past participle of slink … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
slunk — [[t]slʌ̱ŋk[/t]] Slunk is the past tense and past participle of slink … English dictionary
slunk — verb the past tense and past participle of slink … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
slunk — UK / US the past tense and past participle of slink … English dictionary