Definitions for sneak
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sneaknoun

   a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible

2. prowler, sneak, stalkernoun

   someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

3. fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canaryadjective

   someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

4. furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitiousverb

   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"

5. sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfootverb

   to go stealthily or furtively

   "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

6. sneakverb

   put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner

   "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"

7. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb

   make off with belongings of others

8. slip, sneakverb

   pass on stealthily

   "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sneaknoun

   A mean, sneaking fellow.

2. sneaknoun

   An informer; a tell-tale; a grass.

3. sneakverb

   To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen;

   to sneak away from company.

4. sneakverb

   To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.

5. sneakverb

   (informal, especially with on) To inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to tell tales; to grass.

   If you sneak on me I'll bash you!

6. sneaknoun

   One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.

   My little brother is such a sneak; yesterday I caught him trying to look through my diary.

7. sneaknoun

   A cheat; a con artist.

   Synonyms: con artist, trickster; see also Thesaurus:confidence trickster, Thesaurus:deceiver

8. sneaknoun

   An informer; a tell-tale.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant

9. sneaknoun

   A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter

10. sneaknoun

    A sneaker; a tennis shoe.

    We would have been laughed off the street in Philadelphia if we were seen wearing sneaks. In the big city, the young population wore loafers or boots.

11. Etymology: Possibly from Middle English sniken ("to creep, crawl"), though the OED doubts this, or from Old English snīcan ("to desire, reach for sneakily"), from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną, which is related to the root of snake.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SNEAKverb

   Etymology: snican , Saxon; snige, Danish.

   1. To creep slily; to come or go as if afraid to be seen.

   Once the eagle, England, being in prey,
   To her unguarded nest the weazel, Scot,
   Comes sneaking, and so sucks her princely eggs. William Shakespeare.

   Sneak not away, sir; for the friar and you
   Must have a word anon: lay hold on him. William Shakespeare.

   Discover’d, and defeated of your prey,
   You skulk’d behind the fence, and sneak’d away. Dryden.

   I ought not to turn my back, and to sneak off in silence, and leave the truth to lie baffled, bleeding, and slain. Isaac Watts.

   He sneak’d into the grave,
   A monarch’s half and half a harlot’s slave. Dunciad.

   Are you all ready? Here’s your musick here:
   Author, sneak off; we’ll tickle you, my dear. Moore.

   2. To behave with meanness and servility; to crouch; to truckle.

   I need salute no great man’s threshold, sneak to none of his friends to speak a good word for me to my conscience. South.

   Nothing can support minds drooping and sneaking, and inwardly reproaching them, from a sense of their own guilt, but to see others as bad. Robert South, Sermons.

   When int’rest calls off all her sneaking train,
   When all th’ oblig’d desert, and all the vain,
   She waits, or to the scaffold, or the cell,
   When the last ling’ring friend has bid farewel. Alexander Pope.

   Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave;
   Will sneaks a scriv’ner, an exceeding knave. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sneak

   A sneak refers to a person who acts in a dishonest or secretive manner, often intending to deceive or evade others. Alternatively, as a verb, 'sneak' means to move quietly or stealthily, often intending to avoid detection or to act without alerting others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sneakverb

   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

2. Sneak

   to act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch

3. Sneakverb

   to hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner

4. Sneaknoun

   a mean, sneaking fellow

5. Sneaknoun

   a ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub

6. Etymology: [OE. sniken, AS. sncan to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel. snkja to hanker after.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sneak

   snēk, v.i. to creep or steal away privately or meanly: to behave meanly.—v.t. (slang) to steal.—n. a mean, servile fellow: a mean thief.—ns. Sneak′-cup (Shak.), one who balks his glass: a cowardly, insidious scoundrel; Sneak′er.—adj. Sneak′ing, mean, crouching: secret, underhand, not openly avowed.—adv. Sneak′ingly.—ns. Sneak′ingness, Sneak′iness, the quality of being sneaking: meanness; Sneaks′by (obs.), a sneak.—adj. Sneak′y, somewhat sneaking. [A.S. snícan, to creep; Dan. snige. Cf. Snake.]

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Intruder
   • Pass
   • Steal
   • Unpleasant Person

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Anagrams for sneak »

1. akens

2. snake

3. Snake

4. skean

How to pronounce sneak?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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How to say sneak in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sneak in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sneak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sneak in a Sentence

1. Bill Lilly:

   This didnt need to happen, i couldve avoided it, but we couldve had help in avoiding this thing, too, because we werent trying to sneak anything by anyone. We were just trying to give the kid the option we thought he had, and now he doesnt have it.

2. Sarah Silverman:

   I think he wronged people and my guess is he thought he could sneak on stage and try a few minutes. I have no idea, I haven’t talked to him. I understand the backlash of it. I suppose he would know that this would get out. and I agree, if he’s going to go on stage he should address [what he did] but also you can’t practice stand-up in front of a mirror. You have to have an audience.

3. Susan Walley:

   I ’m a parent of three boys, and when I hear from my boys [ that ] they do n’t want to go to the bathroom because people will be vaping in there, it just breaks my heart that they’re not having a bathroom break all day because of that, that kids are so addicted that they have to sneak away to the bathroom, or they are vaping in class using some covert pieces of clothing, shows this really is a public health crisis. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.

4. Chris Lemanski:

   I was going through a pretty bad depression, i was kind of ready to give up and say the hell with it. The young man asked his cousin for advice on how to clear his head and he told him to take a long walk. Lemanski did just that. The traveler decided to make the journey in April 2016 after going through a period of depression. (Chris Lemanski ) In April 2016, Lemanski decided on the journey after looking up trails and saw one that went from Istanbul, Turkey to Portugal. The traveler said everything appeared to shift into place after he purchased a cheap ticket to Istanbul. Lemanski made the trek in 18 months, three of those months he was stuck in Morocco after he overstayed his visa for about three months. However, he was able to sneak out of the country and catch a boat to Germany where he continued his journey. As for how much money he spent in 18 months, Lemanski said he saved and people were generous.

5. Satomi Alhaji Ahmed:

   She told the military officers who interrogated her that they were among several women detailed by Boko Haram to attack the camp. She warned more Boko Haram attacks were underway as the female bombers would sneak into the camp in different guises.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sneak
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sneak
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sneak
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sneak
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sneak
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sneak