Sneak

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneaked}
     (sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneaking}.] [OE. sniken, AS.
     sn[imac]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
     sn[imac]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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              You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with
        meanness and servility; to crouch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sneak \Sneak\, v. t.
     To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander]
     sneaks its head." --Wake.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sneak \Sneak\, n.
     1. A mean, sneaking fellow.
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              A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
                                                    --Glanvill.
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     2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; --
        called also {grub}. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sneak
       adj : marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
             avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking
             prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a
             surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking
             in the shadows" [syn: {furtive}, {lurking}, {skulking},
              {sneak(a)}, {sneaky}, {stealthy}, {surreptitious}]
       n 1: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
            intentions [syn: {prowler}, {stalker}]
       2: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
          {fink}, {snitch}, {snitcher}, {stoolpigeon}, {stoolie}, {sneaker},
           {canary}]
       v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around
            spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: {mouse}, {creep},
            {steal}, {pussyfoot}]
       2: put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak
          a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
       3: make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage},
           {purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook},
           {filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]
       4: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was
          looking" [syn: {slip}]
       [also: {snuck}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "sneak":
     arrant coward, blackguard, caitiff, clandestine, couch, covert,
     cower, craven, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, cur, dastard, devil,
     fink, furtive, glide, go on tiptoe, grass, grovel, gumshoe, heel,
     hole-and-corner, hush-hush, inch, inch along, informer, knave,
     lay wait, lie in wait, louse, lurk, nark, nightwalk, pad, poltroon,
     precious rascal, prowl, pussyfoot, quail, rapscallion, rascal,
     recreant, reptile, rogue, run, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel,
     scrabble, scramble, shadow, shirk, shithead, shyster, sidle, skulk,
     skunk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, sneaker,
     snitch, snook, spalpeen, stalk, steal, steal along, stealthy,
     stoolie, surreptitious, tippytoe, tiptoe, toad, undercover,
     villain, weasel, worm, worm along