"slunk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /slʌŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-slunk.wav [US] Forms: slunks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: From an allusive sense of slink (“to bring forth young prematurely”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|slink||to bring forth young prematurely}} slink (“to bring forth young prematurely”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} slunk (plural slunks)
  1. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.
    Sense id: en-slunk-en-noun-HJgxvpEz

Verb

IPA: /slʌŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-slunk.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: From an allusive sense of slink (“to bring forth young prematurely”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|slink||to bring forth young prematurely}} slink (“to bring forth young prematurely”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} slunk
  1. simple past and past participle of slink Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: slink
    Sense id: en-slunk-en-verb-Goyl8SAm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77

Inflected forms

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