Definition of sneak Sneak
/sniˈk/ - [sneek] - sneak
We found 20 definitions of sneak from 6 different sources.
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What does sneak mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: sneaks |
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| sneak - a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
| sneak - someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | ||
| prowler, stalker | ||
| interloper, intruder, trespasser someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission | ||
| sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | ||
| fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneaker, canary | ||
| blabber, informer, betrayer, squealer, rat one who reveals confidential information in return for money | ||
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| sneak - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" | ||
| mouse, creep, pussyfoot | ||
| walk obtain a base on balls | ||
| sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away, slip away leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" | ||
| sneak - put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette" | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| sneak - make off with belongings of others | ||
| pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, filch, nobble, lift | ||
| steal steal a base | ||
| sneak - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" | ||
| slip | ||
| hand, pass on, reach, turn over, pass, give guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sneak (Noun)
A mean, sneaking fellow. - sneak (Noun)
An informer; a tell-tale; a grass. - sneak (Verb)
To creep or steal away or about privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen. - sneak (Verb)
To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner. - sneak (Verb)
Informal, especially with on To inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to tell tales; to grass.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sneak (v. i.)
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. - sneak (imp. & p. p.)
To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch. - sneak (v. t.)
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. - sneak (n.)
A mean, sneaking fellow. - sneak (n.)
A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sneak
snÄ“k, v.i. to creep or steal away privately or meanly: to behave meanly.—v.t. (slang) to steal.—n. a mean, servile fellow: a mean thief.—ns. Sneak′-cup (Shak.), one who balks his glass: a cowardly, insidious scoundrel; Sneak′er.—adj. Sneak′ing, mean, crouching: secret, underhand, not openly avowed.—adv. Sneak′ingly.—ns. Sneak′ingness, Sneak′iness, the quality of being sneaking: meanness; Sneaks′by (obs.), a sneak.—adj. Sneak′y, somewhat sneaking. [A.S. snÃcan, to creep; Dan. snige. Cf. Snake.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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sneak
A pilferer. Morning sneak; one who pilfers early in the morning, before it is light. Evening sneak; an evening pilferer. Upright sneak: one who steals pewter pots from the alehouse boys employed to collect them. To go upon the sneak; to steal into houses whose doors are carelessly left open. CANT.
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