slunk
/slʌŋk/noun, verb
slunk is spelled S-L-U-N-K: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slunk means “An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slunk is slunks.
How many letters and syllables are in slunk?
| Letters | 5: S-L-U-N-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is slunk?
Slunk appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce slunk?
- /slʌŋk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-slunk.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-slunk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of slunk
- slunks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slunk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.
- 2
UKA slough, a low, wet, miry place. (Compare slank.)
[…] a 'slunk' is a 'slonk' (depression) with mud; […]
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of slink
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does slunk come from?
From an allusive sense of slink (“to bring forth young prematurely”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).