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slink

slink [ slingk ]


verb  (past and past participle slunk [ slungk ] or slinked, present participle slink·ing, 3rd person present singular slinks)
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb move furtively: to move or behave quietly and secretively
I could see her trying to slink away through the back door.

2. intransitive verb move sexily: to walk in a sexually alluring way

3. transitive verb veterinary medicine bear premature young: to give birth to young prematurely, especially to a calf



noun  (plural slinks)
Definition:
 
veterinary medicine premature animal: a prematurely born animal, especially a calf



adjective 
Definition:
 
veterinary medicine born early: describes an animal, especially a calf, that is born prematurely

[ Old English slincan< Germanic, "slide, throw"]
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