Meaning of SNEAK
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- [n] someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- [n] someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
- [v] to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
- [v] pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
- [v] make off with belongings of others
- [v] put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
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| | Synonyms: | | abstract, cabbage, canary, creep, filch, fink, hook, lift, mouse, nobble, pilfer, pinch, prowler, purloin, pussyfoot, slip, snarf, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stalker, steal, stoolie, stoolpigeon, swipe |
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| | See Also: | | act, betrayer, blabber, give, hand, informer, interloper, intruder, move, pass, pass on, rat, reach, slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, squealer, steal, steal away, trespasser, turn over, walk | |
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\Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneaked}
(sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneaking}.] [OE. sniken, AS.
sn[=i]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
sn[=i]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.
You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. --Dryden.
2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with
meanness and servility; to crouch.
\Sneak\, v. t.
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.]
``[Slander] sneaks its head.'' --Wake.
\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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