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▪ I. slinking, vbl. n.|ˈslɪŋkɪŋ|
[f. slink v.]
1. The action of moving quietly or stealthily, etc.; also attrib.
1611Cotgr., Regnarderie,..a stealing, slipping, or slinking aside. 1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., A Slinking (or stealing) away. 1806A. Douglas Poems 78 I'm no sae foolish as aver,..That they alike disposed are, To flatt'rin' an' to slinkin'. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. xiii, As the time so passed, this slinking business became a more and more precarious one.
2. The action or fact of bearing prematurely.
1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 440 The actual diseases of gestation..occasion always a tendency to slinking, or the cow slipping her calf. 1886Field 13 Feb. 205/3 Unwholesome water is..a common cause of slinking amongst animals on the farm.
▪ II. ˈslinking, ppl. a.
[f. slink v. Cf. OE. slincende creeping (things).]
That slinks; moving, walking, etc. in a furtive or stealthy manner; marked or characterized by stealth or secrecy.
1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxv, His manner was smooth and humble, but very sly and slinking. 1859W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 176 The mangy, growling, but slinking pariah, the denizen of the dirt-heaps about Fellah villages. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 148 Such traces of albumin..I have often found in anæmic, slinking youths.
So ˈslinkingly adv.
1830Galt Lawrie T. v. viii, He was slowly and slinkingly moving towards his own house. 1889Gissing Nether World III. ix. 185 He went slinkingly, hurrying round corners, avoiding glances. |