What is it about SNK verbs? Sink, sank, sunk, slink, slank, slonk, slunk, stink, stank, stunk, skunk, spank, shank, shrink, shrank, shrunk. Such a skanky assortment.
I would like this word a lot except it reminds me of slunk, which I don't want to think about. (I read it in Sinclair's The Jungle. Now excuse me--I must go hurl.)
You could dig around the phonesthemes and look for the Indo-European root.
What is it about SNK verbs? Sink, sank, sunk, slink, slank, slonk, slunk, stink, stank, stunk, skunk, spank, shank, shrink, shrank, shrunk. Such a skanky assortment.
I'll get that slunk quote out sometime. It is so vile.
And yes, hurl is the old hork, but it's still good.
I think hurl is the old hork.
Perhaps you could think of slunk as merely the past participle of slink?
And what, a hork successor? Never.
Is hurl the new hork?
I would like this word a lot except it reminds me of slunk, which I don't want to think about. (I read it in Sinclair's The Jungle. Now excuse me--I must go hurl.)
Rare v.t., To swallow greedily.