SNEAK
\snˈiːk], \snˈiːk], \s_n_ˈiː_k]\
Definitions of SNEAK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
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to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
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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"
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put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
By Princeton University
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someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
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to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
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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"
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put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
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To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
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A mean, sneaking fellow.
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A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
By Oddity Software
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To creep or steal away privately or meanly; to act in mean and cowardly fashion.
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A mean, cowardly fellow.
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Sneaky, sneaking.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To creep or steal away privately or meanly: to behave meanly.
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A mean, servile fellow.
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SNEAKING.
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SNEAKINGLY.
By Daniel Lyons
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SNEAKING.
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To move stealthily; act with covert cowardice.
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One who sneaks; a mean, cowardly fellow.
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Sneakly.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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