Villains slink. They creep from corner to corner, squinting balefully at happier, brighter souls...
...well, all right, they're more probably sitting in a dingy call-centre trying to scam money out of elderly people, but, hey, perhaps that's digital slinking.
On the other hand, to slink like a tiger is cool. It involves moving in a graceful yet powerful way. It might be athletic, it might be alluring, it might be both.
It's not easy, but if you can do it you'll draw every eye.
Mind you, if you try it and can't do it, you'll probably draw every eye, too. Ah well.
My Collins dictionary surprised me by having an entry under slink which began of animals, especially...
...and then the next word was cows.
Conjuring up a slinking cow took a fair bit of imaginative power, but, upon perusing the entry further, I discovered that in cows to slink means to give birth prematurely.
This is not recommended, either.
Thing To Do Today But Only In A Good Way: slink. This word is slincan in Old English. The Middle Low German slinken means to shrink, and the Old Swedish slinka means to creep.
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