508. Slink - CPE Vocabulary - Slink / Slink Off / Slink Away / Slinky / Slunk In

Slink : 살금살금 움직이다, 슬그머니 움직이다, (섹시하게) 움직이다
Slinky : (특히 옷) 몸에 착 붙는, 섹시한, (흔히 섹시하게) 나긋나긋한

Slink Off : 슬그머니 도망치다

Slink Into : 슬그머니 들어가다

Slink Away : 슬그머니 빠져나가다

Slink toward : 슬그머니 다가가다 

Slink Out

Slunk In

 

 

1)
to slink is to move furtively 
to move so that no one notices you

If you say somebody slinks off, you are saying they are leaving but it's disapproving

it's quiet and furtive so that nobody notices him
it's to creep, to walk really slowly
to move smoothly and quietly with quiet steps, in a very stealthy way

it's got this idea of doing things in the way that a predator hunts things
either to move stealthily so you don't want to be seen or to do it furtively as in fear or shame

slink - slunk - slunk 
slink - slinked - slinked  
I would use the irregular one but I think you can use the regular one without a problem

normally to slink, to move quietly
to move somewhere because you don't want to be seen 
to creep in
to sneak in
to steal
to slip out
to move in a very furtive way, because you don't want to be seen, because you are embarrassed, because you are afraid, because you feel quilty
to glide
to slide 
to sneak 
to move very very quietly

slink normally has a negative meaning

 

 

I arrived late for the meeting and I slinked into the meeting
I slinked off five minutes early, I left quietly so that nobody noticed
the boss normaly slinks off from work about an hour early 
the fox slinked up to the hen house
I stayed out until five o'clock in the morning and I knew my did was going to be furious because I had school the next day so I slunk into the house
he slunk away in shame
the cat slinking toward the mouse, hoping the mouse is not going to see it
I slunk into the kitchen and ate what was left of the cake

 

 

2)
we use this adjective slinky  
to slink, can mean to also to move we are in a very sensual sexy way 
the model slinked down the catwalk
to slink, to move in a sexy way
she was wearing a very slinky dress
slinky, I would use this mostly to talk about women's clothes made a very delicate cloth and it fits very closely and it's very

attractive
slinky dancing where you move very slowly and suggestive of sex
slinky in this way, cat-like, feline, attractive, fitting closely to the body
she slinked along the dance floor


Formality : 4 for slink off / slink out / slink in / slink away
Formality : 5 for slinky
 

 

 

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