verb
definition
To sneak about furtively.
definition
To give birth to an animal prematurely.
example
a cow that slinks her calf
noun
definition
The act of one who slinks.
Examples of slinking in a Sentence
She stood beside Morfa, slinking back into the alley a bit with the rest of the group.
Family gatherings on Easter Sunday may typically find the older kids slinking off to a room to surf the Internet, watch TV or play a video game.
Coyotes are creatures of slinking and stealthy habits, living in burrows in the plains, and hunting in packs at night, when they utter yapping cries and blood-curdling yells as they gallop. Hares ("jack-rabbits"), chipmunks or ground-squirrels, and mice form a large portion of their food; but coyotes also kill the fawns of deer and prongbuck, as well as sage-hens and other kinds of game-birds.
If frosting in orange and black is too flamboyant for you, consider dressing up a bridal couple cake topper in costumes or slinking faux cobwebs around the base of your cake.
Like a deer caught in the headlights, Simpson did a quick dance jig before slinking off stage.
Dean slumped down in his chair, his mind picturing a veiled fugitive, costumed as an old lady, slinking into a back pew.