sneak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sneak	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sneak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sneak adj marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" Synonym(s): furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious n a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions Synonym(s): prowler, sneak, stalker someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police Synonym(s): fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary v to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" Synonym(s): sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette" make off with belongings of others Synonym(s): pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" Synonym(s): slip, sneak
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[emac]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneaked} (sn[emac]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneaking}.] [OE. sniken, AS. sn[c6]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel. sn[c6]kja to hanker after.] 1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sneak \Sneak\, v. t. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] [bd][Slander] sneaks its head.[b8] --Wake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sneak \Sneak\, n. 1. A mean, sneaking fellow. A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. --Glanvill. 2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also {grub}. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.