slink – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of slink

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to slink
Participle: slunk
Gerund: slinking

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of slink

Indicative

Present

Islink
youslink
he;she;itslinks
weslink
youslink
theyslink

Perfect

Ihave slunk; slinked
youhave slunk; slinked
he;she;ithas slunk; slinked
wehave slunk; slinked
youhave slunk; slinked
theyhave slunk; slinked

Past

Islunk
youslunk
he;she;itslunk
weslunk
youslunk
theyslunk

Pluperfect

Ihad slunk; slinked
youhad slunk; slinked
he;she;ithad slunk; slinked
wehad slunk; slinked
youhad slunk; slinked
theyhad slunk; slinked

Future

Iwill slink
youwill slink
he;she;itwill slink
wewill slink
youwill slink
theywill slink

Future Perfect

Iwill have slunk; slinked
youwill have slunk; slinked
he;she;itwill have slunk; slinked
wewill have slunk; slinked
youwill have slunk; slinked
theywill have slunk; slinked

Subjunctive

Present

Islink
youslink
he;she;itslink
weslink
youslink
theyslink

Perfect

Ihave slunk; slinked
youhave slunk; slinked
he;she;ithave slunk; slinked
wehave slunk; slinked
youhave slunk; slinked
theyhave slunk; slinked

Imperfect

Islunk
youslunk
he;she;itslunk
weslunk
youslunk
theyslunk

Pluperfect

Ihad slunk; slinked
youhad slunk; slinked
he;she;ithad slunk; slinked
wehad slunk; slinked
youhad slunk; slinked
theyhad slunk; slinked

Conditional

Present

Iwould slink
youwould slink
he;she;itwould slink
wewould slink
youwould slink
theywould slink

Perfect

Iwould have slunk; slinked
youwould have slunk; slinked
he;she;itwould have slunk; slinked
wewould have slunk; slinked
youwould have slunk; slinked
theywould have slunk; slinked

Imperative

youslink
weLet's slink
youslink

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam slinking
youare slinking
he;she;itis slinking
weare slinking
youare slinking
theyare slinking

Perfect

Ihave been slinking
youhave been slinking
he;she;ithas been slinking
wehave been slinking
youhave been slinking
theyhave been slinking

Past

Iwas slinking
youwere slinking
he;she;itwas slinking
wewere slinking
youwere slinking
theywere slinking

Pluperfect

Ihad been slinking
youhad been slinking
he;she;ithad been slinking
wehad been slinking
youhad been slinking
theyhad been slinking

Future

Iwill be slinking
youwill be slinking
he;she;itwill be slinking
wewill be slinking
youwill be slinking
theywill be slinking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been slinking
youwill have been slinking
he;she;itwill have been slinking
wewill have been slinking
youwill have been slinking
theywill have been slinking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be slinking
youwould be slinking
he;she;itwould be slinking
wewould be slinking
youwould be slinking
theywould be slinking

Perfect

Iwould have been slinking
youwould have been slinking
he;she;itwould have been slinking
wewould have been slinking
youwould have been slinking
theywould have been slinking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'slink'

cling, dig, fling, hamstring, sling, slink, stick, sting, string, swing, underdig, unstick, unstring, wring, foind, outfling, overswing, restick, restring, undersling, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'slink'

blink, clink, link, plink, shink, sink, skink, slick, sling, stink,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to move stealthily
creep, hake, shug, skulk, slive, sneak, steal, tiptoe
skulk
cower, creep, lurk, sneak, steal, prowl, slither, cat

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb clingan (cling), slincan (slink), spinnan (spin), stingan (sting), swingan (swing), gewinnan (win) and wringan (wring).

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. slincan "to creep, crawl" (of reptiles), from P.Gmc. *slenkanan (cf. Swed. slinka "to glide," Du. slinken "to shrink, shrivel;" related to sling (v.)). Of persons, attested from c.1374. Slinky (adj.) "sinuous and slender," of women or clothes, first attested 1921. As a proprietary name for a spring marketed as a toy, 1948, by James Industries Inc., Philadelphia, U.S.A.
2. From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”).
3. Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek. See: Old English 'slincan', Proto-Germanic '*slinkaną', Dutch 'slinken', Low Saxon 'slinken', Swedish 'slinka', German, old spelling 'schleichen'.

Verbs referencing "slink"

Cornish slynk.

Sample Sentences

  • 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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:]
  • Back to the thicket slunk the guilty serpent. [1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
  • The leaving us was just a feint; / Back here to London did he slink, / And now works on without a wink / Of sleep, and we are on the brink [1842, Robert Browning, Waring:]
  • Joseph Poorgrass, in the background, twitched, and his lips became dry with fear of some terrible consequences as he saw Bathsheba summarily speaking, and Henery slinking off to a corner. [1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:]
  • Far away I saw a gaunt cat slink crouchingly along a wall, but traces of men there were none. [1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Stillness”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book II (The Earth under the Martians), page 239:]
  • How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […]. [1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:]
  • Earnest slunk backstage. [2013 November, Glenn Thrush, “Locked in the Cabinet”, in POLITICO:]
  • I have arrived to catch the 0830 TfW service to Crewe, worked by a tatty and unrefurbished 175114. As if ashamed of its appearance, it slinks into Platform 2 (instead of Platform 1, where it was expected). No announcement had been made, and we leave without any fanfare. [2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:]
  • a cow that slinks her calf