Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to skink
Participle: skinked
Gerund: skinking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | skink |
| you | skink |
| he;she;it | skinks |
| we | skink |
| you | skink |
| they | skink |
Perfect
| I | have skinked |
| you | have skinked |
| he;she;it | has skinked |
| we | have skinked |
| you | have skinked |
| they | have skinked |
Past
| I | skinked |
| you | skinked |
| he;she;it | skinked |
| we | skinked |
| you | skinked |
| they | skinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had skinked |
| you | had skinked |
| he;she;it | had skinked |
| we | had skinked |
| you | had skinked |
| they | had skinked |
Future
| I | will skink |
| you | will skink |
| he;she;it | will skink |
| we | will skink |
| you | will skink |
| they | will skink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have skinked |
| you | will have skinked |
| he;she;it | will have skinked |
| we | will have skinked |
| you | will have skinked |
| they | will have skinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | skink |
| you | skink |
| he;she;it | skink |
| we | skink |
| you | skink |
| they | skink |
Perfect
| I | have skinked |
| you | have skinked |
| he;she;it | have skinked |
| we | have skinked |
| you | have skinked |
| they | have skinked |
Imperfect
| I | skinked |
| you | skinked |
| he;she;it | skinked |
| we | skinked |
| you | skinked |
| they | skinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had skinked |
| you | had skinked |
| he;she;it | had skinked |
| we | had skinked |
| you | had skinked |
| they | had skinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would skink |
| you | would skink |
| he;she;it | would skink |
| we | would skink |
| you | would skink |
| they | would skink |
Perfect
| I | would have skinked |
| you | would have skinked |
| he;she;it | would have skinked |
| we | would have skinked |
| you | would have skinked |
| they | would have skinked |
Imperative
| you | skink |
| we | Let's skink |
| you | skink |
Verbs conjugated like 'skink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'skink'
kink,
shink,
sink,
skank,
skin,
skunk,
slink,
stink,
blink,
boink,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English skinken, skynken, skenken, from Middle Dutch scinken, scenken, schenken and/or Old Norse skenkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Cognate with German schenken (“to give as a present”), Dutch schenken (“to pour, give as a present”). See also the inherited doublet shink. See: Proto-Germanic '
*skankijaną', German, old spelling '
schenken', Dutch '
schenken'.
Verbs referencing "skink"
Dutch
schenken.
Sample Sentences
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Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove, / When he invites the gods to feast with him / On Juno's wedding-day. [1640 November 20 (date licensed, Gregorian calendar; published 1652), James Shirley, “The Imposture”, in William Gifford, Alexander Dyce, editors, The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, […], volume V, London: John Murray, […], published 1833, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 246:]
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[W]hile he would spit beyond the table, he all-to-bespawleth him who skinketh at the feast. [1900, Theophrastus, “Of Foulness”, in [anonymous], transl., edited by David J[osiah] Brewer, Edward A. Allen, and William Schuyler, The World’s Best Essays from the Earliest Period to the Present Time […], royal edition, volume X, St. Louis, Mo.: Ferd[inand] P. Kaiser, →OCLC, page 3769:]