Standard Lemma guide

slank

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈslæŋk/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈslæŋk] without æ-raising
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˈsleɪ̯ŋk/
  • Canada, US: [ˈsleɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈslɛ̃ŋk/
  • Canada, US: [ˈslɛ̃ŋk]
  • rhymes with -æŋk

1

noun

Meaning 1

A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of a river, lake, or cove which is filled with water during freshet(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, US, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of slink

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past, rare

Examples

  • a. 1913 (published 1934), Frederick William Rolfe, The desire and pursuit of the whole So, when priests slank up to him, he civilly warned them off: if they merited kindness and persisted, he gave them double [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compare dialectal slonk (“depression, hollow, slough”), slunk (“slough, hollow; mud”).