Thesaurus results for SLINKED

slunk

verb

variants also slinked

Definition of slunk

past tense of slink

as in sneaked

to move about in a sly or secret manner like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night

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Recent Examples of slunk The man accepted defeat and slunk off, slurping, toward the Boulevard du Temple. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 The doubts that surrounded this team have slunk away, one by one, replaced by reasons for optimism. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026 That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026 The swish of chainmail coming down the runway was audible, as models slinked down the catwalk decked in statement pelts and belts. — Anika Reed, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026 From there, two of the thieves slinked up the ladder to smash a window that leads to the Galerie d’Apollon on the museum’s second floor. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025

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Verb

The Avs killed off a penalty and appeared poised to get to the second intermission with a two-goal advantage, but Leafs forward Easton Cowan snuck one through Blackwood by the near post.

— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2026
Gonzalez answered later in the third quarter, making a 52-yard field goal that snuck through the bottom right corner of the goalposts.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of sneaked

Verb

In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, on the morning of March 11, 2013, something lurked just below the surface of a young Afghan man, a boy, really.

— Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Like fossils of prehistoric life, the evidence of all these past relationships lurked in the debris of our Connecticut household.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of lurked

Verb

An early 1990s recession clobbered Nasdaq, but home prices slipped only modestly, down 1% annually.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
The observation comes after the Nasdaq Composite slipped earlier this week, as losses in Nvidia led tech stocks lower.

— Liz Napolitano,Hugh Leask,Lee Ying Shan,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of slipped

Verb

Coherent stock also slid roughly 4%, and Lumentum stock fell 5%.

— Kif Leswing,Annie Palmer,Kevin Breuninger,Samantha Subin,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026
Florida doubled its lead just more than two minutes later when Carter Verhaeghe gathered a loose puck and slid a slick pass through the legs of Provorov to a trailing Eller, who buried the puck in the back of the net.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

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