Slunk

/slʌŋk/

Synonyms for "slunk" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Verb(2 words)
creepdepart in shame

Strong matches (2)

Verb(2 words)
skulkslip away

Related words (3)

Verb(3 words)
sneaktiptoewithdraw discreetly

Related word relations

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creepdepart in shametiptoewithdraw discreetly

Collocations

5 entries
slink alongslink awayslink intoslink offslink through

Inflections

2 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When she yelled at the dog, it slunk away home.

Source: tatoeba (8977689)

As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host, but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way, and denied so vehemently any knowledge of his movements, that I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table—the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.

Source: tatoeba (10718754)

The ferret slunk between the bars of the gate.

Source: tatoeba (10901364)

Then I met a great guy, Placenta Juan the Afterbirth Tycoon. Made his in slunks during the war. (Slunks are underage calves trailing afterbirths and bacteria, generally in an unsanitary and unfit condition.)

Source: wiktionary

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