单词 | slinking |
释义 | slinkingn. 1. The action of moving quietly or stealthily, etc.; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stealthy slinking1611 slink1853 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] stalkingc1000 creeping1565 hedge-creeping1579 stealing1581 steal1590 stealth1600 insinuation1608 slinking1611 sneakinga1657 prowl1803 creep1818 sneak1819 lurk1829 slink1853 pussyfooting1956 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regnarderie,..a stealing, slipping, or slinking aside. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qqqv/2 A Slinking (or stealing) away. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 78 I'm no sae foolish as aver,..That they alike disposed are, To flatt'rin' an' to slinkin'. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xiii. 127 As the time so passed, this slinking business became a more and more precarious one. 2. The action or fact of bearing prematurely. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young > bearing prematurely slinking1844 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives birth > giving birth > prematurely slinking1844 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 440 The actual diseases of gestation..occasion always a tendency to slinking, or the cow slipping her calf. 1886 Field 13 Feb. 205/3 Unwholesome water is..a common cause of slinking amongst animals on the farm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). slinkingadj. That slinks; moving, walking, etc. in a furtive or stealthy manner; marked or characterized by stealth or secrecy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] privyc1230 thiefly1395 stalkinga1400 slyc1440 insidious1545 clanculary1563 hedge-creeping1579 thievish1587 sneaking1590 tiptoe1593 peaking1595 underworking1605 stealthya1616 subtlea1616 surreptitious?1615 clancular1621 stealthful?1624 insidiary1625 worming1631 subterranean1643 clancularious1656 hugger-mugger1692 slink1792 slinking1841 instealing1844 thief-like1847 furtive1859 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > stealthy slinking1841 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adjective] creepinga1400 slyc1440 prowling1546 stealing1574 sneaking1590 cat-footed1598 soft-footed1603 surrepent1608 cat-likea1616 stealthya1616 grassant1659 sliving1661 creep-mouse1766 secret1768 slinking1841 pussy-footed1893 undercreeping1893 pussyfooting1926 slinky1951 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxv. 137 His manner was smooth and humble, but very sly and slinking. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 176 The mangy, growling, but slinking pariah, the denizen of the dirt-heaps about Fellah villages. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 148 Such traces of albumin..I have often found in anæmic, slinking youths. Derivatives ˈslinkingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > stealthily slinkingly1830 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. v. viii. 188 He was slowly and slinkingly moving towards his own house. 1889 G. Gissing Nether World III. ix. 185 He went slinkingly, hurrying round corners, avoiding glances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611adj.1830 |
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