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

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