slank
/ˈsleɪ̯ŋk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of slink
noun
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).
British usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "[…] The board of health had prohibited the sale of ice cut from the "slank," because water in the "slank" was said to be polluted. The ice dealers, however, contend that the city of Patterson has no right to pollute the river and thus hurt their business, […] stopping the sale of "slank" ice, […]"
- "Van Zaun says that the fishing stopped 15 or 16 years before he testified - that would be about 1890. Mr. Shriner, one of the city's witnesses, says that he caught fish in one of the slanks in 1883 or 1885."
- "Passaic, N. J. - The storm will cause great delay in filling in the slank. The dirt which the workmen have been throwing in was washed away into the river."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsleɪ̯ŋk/