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English Dictionary: sneak |
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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