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slinkverb to move about in a sly or secret mannerlike a thief slinking about in the middle of the night lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slide, slip, snake, sneak, steal crawl, creep, edge, inch, wormghost, pad, tiptoe lurk, skulk, slink, sneak mean to behave so as to escape attention.lurk implies a lying in wait in a place of concealment and often suggests an evil intent.suspicious men lurking in alleyways skulk suggests more strongly cowardice or fear or sinister intent.something skulking in the shadows slink implies moving stealthily often merely to escape attention.slunk around the corner sneak may add an implication of entering or leaving a place or evading a difficulty by furtive or underhanded methods.sneaked out early in the 14th century |