Sneak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To go or move in a quiet, stealthy way.
  • verb-intransitive. To behave in a cowardly or servile manner.
  • v. To move, give, take, or put in a quiet, stealthy manner: sneak candy into one's mouth; sneaked a look at the grade sheet.
  • n. A person regarded as stealthy, cowardly, or underhanded.
  • n. An instance of sneaking; a quiet, stealthy movement.
  • n. Informal A sneaker.
  • adj. Carried out in a clandestine manner: sneak preparations for war.
  • adj. Perpetrated without warning: a sneak attack.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mean, sneaking fellow.
  • n. An informer; a tell-tale; a grass.
  • n. , (cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
  • v. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen;
  • v. To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
  • v. To inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to tell tales; to grass.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen.
  • verb-intransitive. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
  • v. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
  • n. A mean, sneaking fellow.
  • n. A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To creep or steal about privately; go furtively, as if afraid or ashamed to be seen; slink.
  • To behave with meanness and servility; crouch; truckle.
  • To steal; pilfer. See sneak-thief.
  • To hide; conceal in a furtive or cowardly manner.
  • n. A mean, contemptible fellow; one who has recourse to mean and cowardly methods; a person of selfish and cowardly temper and conduct.
  • n. A petty thief. See sneak-thief and area-sneak.
  • n. In cricket, a ball bowled along the ground; a grub.
  • n. In whist, a singleton lead.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
  • adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  • v. to go stealthily or furtively
  • v. pass on stealthily
  • v. make off with belongings of others
  • n. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  • n. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
  • n. a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
  • Equivalent
    concealed   
    Verb Form
    sneaked    sneaking    sneaks    snuck   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    act    move    walk    hand    reach    pass on    give    turnover    pass    steal   
    Cross Reference
    cringe   
    Variant
    snuck    grub   
    Form
    sneaky    sneaker    sneak up    sneak up on   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crouch    sneaker    skulker    slinker    sneaksby   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cheek    Creek    Dominique    Greek    Martinique    Monique    Mozambique    Sikh    Tariq    Zeke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sycophant    swindler    poltroon    hypocrite    impostor    cad    weakling    coward    scoundrel    timeserver