sneak
IPA: snˈik
noun
- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
- The act of sneaking
- A cheat; a con artist.
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- (obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
- (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
- (American football) A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
verb
- (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.
- (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.
- (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
- (intransitive, informal, with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
adjective
- In advance; before release to the general public.
- In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.
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Examples of "sneak" in Sentences
- The women sneaked inside the plant.
- The two later sneak out of the bathroom.
- She sneaks off in the lake and undresses.
- He tries to sneak back in through the window.
- I had a sneaking suspicion of their imbecility.
- Tom sneaks into the kitchen to the refrigerator.
- They follow the tracks to the palace and sneak in.
- The midwife then sneaks the baby out of the castle.
- The Chameleon sneaks in and tries to swipe the proceeds.
- The notes are a disingenuous attempt to sneak the updates in.
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