From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishslinkslink /slɪŋk/ verb (past tense and past participle slunk /slʌŋk/) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] LEAVE A PLACEto move somewhere quietly and secretly, especially because you are afraid or ashamed SYN creep Edward was hoping to slink past unnoticed.→ See Verb table
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slink• Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself?• As for the quacks, they slink around on the margins of the crowd when we hold village meetings.• Nothing would have made him do a Damon and slink back.• Goneril slunk into the kitchen and wound her body like a fat skein of wool around my feet.• It used to be that a business could slink out of town quietly.• A cat named Fred slunk past his legs as we headed for the bedroom.• But Speedo was already on the floor, slinking past Rob into the hallway.Origin slink Old English slincan “to creep” 