Associations to the word «Slinky»

Wiktionary

SLINKY, adjective. Furtive, stealthy or catlike
SLINKY, adjective. (UK) (dialect) (dated) thin; lank
SLINKY, noun. (mathematics) A three-dimensional curve — a spiral wound around a helix.
SLINKY, noun. A 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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope