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sneak

[ sneek ]

verb (used without object)

sneaked or snuck, sneaking.
  1. to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.

    Synonyms:

  2. to act in a furtive or underhand way.
  3. British Informal. to tattle; inform.


verb (used with object)

sneaked or snuck, sneaking.
  1. to move, put, pass, etc., in a stealthy or furtive manner:

    He sneaked the gun into his pocket.

  2. to do, take, or enjoy hurriedly or surreptitiously:

    to sneak a cigarette.

noun

  1. a sneaking, underhand, or contemptible person.
  2. Informal. a stealthy or furtive departure.
  3. British Informal. tattletale; informer.
  4. Informal. a sneak preview.
  5. Cards. the lead of a singleton in a suit other than the trump suit, as in whist.

sneak

/ ²õ²Ô¾±Ë°ì /

verb

  1. intr; often foll by along, off, in, etc to move furtively
  2. intr to behave in a cowardly or underhand manner
  3. tr to bring, take, or put stealthily
  4. informal.
    intr to tell tales (esp in schools)
  5. informal.
    tr to steal
  6. informal.
    intr; foll by off, out, away, etc to leave unobtrusively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who acts in an underhand or cowardly manner, esp as an informer
    1. a stealthy act or movement
    2. ( as modifier )

      a sneak attack

  2. informal.
    an unobtrusive departure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage Note

First recorded in writing toward the end of the 19th century in the United States, snuck has become in recent decades a standard variant past tense and past participle of the verb sneak : Bored by the lecture, he snuck out the side door. Snuck occurs frequently in fiction and in journalistic writing as well as on radio and television: In the darkness the sloop had snuck around the headland, out of firing range. It is not so common in highly formal or belletristic writing, where sneaked is more likely to occur. Snuck is the only spoken past tense and past participle for many younger and middle-aged persons of all educational levels in the U. S. and Canada. Snuck has occasionally been considered nonstandard, but it is so widely used by professional writers and educated speakers that it can no longer be so regarded.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ²Ô±ð²¹°ì¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²õ²Ô±ð²¹°ì¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²õ²Ô±ð²¹°ì²â, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sneak1

1590–1600; variant of Middle English sniken, Old English ²õ²ÔÄ«³¦²¹²Ô “to creepâ€; cognate with Old Norse ²õ²ÔÄ«°ìÂá²¹ “to hanker afterâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sneak1

Old English ²õ²ÔÄ«³¦²¹²Ô to creep; from Old Norse ²õ²ÔÄ«°ìÂá²¹ to hanker after
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Synonym Study

See lurk.
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Example Sentences

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“Actually, this is one of the bars I started sneaking into,†he laughs.

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“I’m hoping you’re all in a place where you can appreciate all of the small joys that sneak up on us every day,†Kilmer wrote.

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