'Sneak' definitions:
Definition of 'sneak'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]
noun
A person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
noun
noun
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
verb
To go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot]
verb
Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
verb
Make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
verb
Pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" [syn: slip, sneak]
Definition of 'Sneak'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sneak'
From: GCIDE
- Sneak \Sneak\, v. t. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander] sneaks its head." --Wake. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sneak'
From: GCIDE
- Sneak \Sneak\, n.
- 1. A mean, sneaking fellow. [1913 Webster]
- A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster]