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slinkest

slinkest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of slink.

Meaning of slink

Verb

slink (third-person singular simple present slinks, present participle slinking, simple past and past participle slunk or slinked or (uncommon) slank)

  1. (intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
    • As we do turn our backs
      From our companion thrown into his grave,
      So his familiars to his buried fortunes
      Slink all away, leave their false vows with him,
      Like empty purses pick’d; and his poor self,
      A dedicated beggar to the air,
      With his disease of all-shunn’d poverty,
      Walks, like contempt, alone.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (ambitransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.
    • a cow that slinks her calf

See all 8 meanings of slink

Origin of slinkest

slink + -est

Questions about slinkest

What is slinkest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slinkest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of slink.

Words near slinkest in the dictionary

  1. Slinkard
  2. Slinkards
  3. slinked
  4. slinker
  5. slinkers
  6. slinkest
  7. slinketh
  8. slinkier
  9. slinkies
  10. slinkiest
  11. slinkily

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