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slinky

[sling-kee] / ˈslɪŋ ki /


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The slinky, lurching “Husbands,” “Islands of Men” and frantic “Bow Down” sounded meaner and more electric than on the record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

When this genetic slinky is tightly compressed, genes are less accessible and remain switched off.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

"We love love," she wrote, along with a selfie of herself in a slinky black Prada gown.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The lazy, hypnotic groove moves with jazz chords and slinky synth melodies that feel like bright rays of light.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Jenna was already out of the first dress, something black and slinky, and zipping up the second.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

The slower, slinkier and weirder side of Prince’s output is another reference point throughout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“Stay on That” is one of the slinkier numbers on the album, with rapidly strummed guitars and a wah-wah squawk that recalls Isaac Hayes’s “Theme From Shaft.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

The company hinted at a slinkier, less boxy design with its Monograph concept at the New York Auto Show last spring.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2017

So the question must be asked: Are cats just like dogs but in slinkier form, eager and able to be part of the human family?

From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2015

Ms. Torrini reaches for a similar metaphor — “Roar in my heart” — in one of the slinkier tunes on “Tookah,” a near-samba in 5/4 meter.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2013

Shout out to future “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, who joined Journey for “Raised on Radio” and proceeded to lay down the slinkiest, sultriest, funkiest bass line the band had ever known.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jack O’Dell, the slinkiest drummer in town, is packing up his drumsticks.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022


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