Home › Words › S › slinkyslinky/ˈslɪŋki/slinky means furtive, stealthy or catlike.slinky is pronounced /ˈslɪŋki/.EtymologyFrom slink + -y.adjFurtive, stealthy or catlike.e.g.““But of all the awful, second-rate girls I ever met, she’s the worst! […] She’s a sly, creepy, slinky, made-up, insincere vampire! She’s common! She’s awful! She’s a cat!”” — 1920 March – 1921 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 19, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published 1921, →OCLC:Thin; lank; lean.Of a garment: close-fitting; clingy.nounA toy in the form of a loose metal (originally) or plastic spring that can be made to "walk" down stairs as its coils separate and close up.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.slinkily 71% match — In a slinky way. vs slinky →slinking 56% match — The act of one who slinks. vs slinky →slinker 53% match — One who slinks. vs slinky →slackline 52% match — A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points of suspension. vs slinky →slithery 52% match — That slithers; that moves like a snake. vs slinky →slackwire 50% match — A slackline. vs slinky →slithy 50% match — lithe and slimy or slithery. vs slinky →snaking 50% match — A twisting, serpentine layout or motion. vs slinky →