slunk

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slʌŋk/ Rhymes: -ʌŋk === Etymology 1 === From an allusive sense of slink (“to bring forth young prematurely”). ==== Noun ==== slunk (plural slunks) An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively. === Etymology 2 === Compare slank (“low place, especially one which fills with water”), dialectal slonk (“depression, hollow, slough”). ==== Noun ==== slunk (plural slunks) (UK, dialectal) A slough, a low, wet, miry place. (Compare slank.) (Can we date this quote?), Gordon Kendal, Gavin Douglas's Translation of 'The Aeneid' (1513), page 580: […] a 'slunk' is a 'slonk' (depression) with mud; […] === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== slunk simple past and past participle of slink === Anagrams === lunks