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Language: Old English
Origin: slincan 'to creep'

slink

 verb
     
slink past tense and past participle slunk [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
to move somewhere quietly and secretly, especially because you are afraid or ashamed [= creep]:
Edward was hoping to slink past unnoticed.
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