sneak

Plural: sneaks

Noun

• a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
• someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
• 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.
• A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
• A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
• A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
• Ellipsis of sneak preview

Verb

Verb Forms: sneaked, snuck, sneaking, sneaks

• To move secretly and stealthily, often to avoid notice.
• to go stealthily or furtively
  • "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
• put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
  • "sneak a look"
  • "sneak a cigarette"
• make off with belongings of others
• pass on stealthily
• To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
• To take something stealthily without permission.
• To stealthily bring someone something.
• To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
• To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.

Adjective Satellite

• marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  • "a sneak attack"

Adj

• In advance; before release to the general public.
• In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.

Examples

• He decided to sneak into the kitchen for a second cookie while his mom was on the phone.
• He tried to SNEAK a peek at my tile rack, but I covered it quickly.
• I can't believe I gave that sneak $50 for a ticket when they were selling for $20 at the front gate.
• I was able to get a sneak peek at the guest list.
• I went to sneak a chocolate but my dad caught me.
• If you sneak on me I'll bash you!
• My little brother is such a sneak; yesterday I caught him trying to look through my diary.
• She asked me to sneak her a phone next month.
• The company gave us a sneak look at their new electronic devices.

Synonyms

abstract, cabbage, canary, creep, filch, fink, furtive, hook, lift, mouse, nobble, pilfer, pinch, prowler, purloin, pussyfoot, slip, snarf, sneaker, sneaky, snitch, snitcher, stalker, stealthy, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, surreptitious, swipe, CI, Scandaroon, Spanish athlete, abaddon, accuser, bamboozler, beefer, bewrayer, bigmouth, blabber, blabtale, blabtongue, bouncer, bristler, bullshitter, bunco artist, bunco-steerer, cheat, cheater, chiseler, cogger, con artist, confidence artist, confidence trickster, conman, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, finger, fizgig, flimflammer, gabber, gossip, grass, grifter, guiler, hake, informant, informer, jurat, leak, liar, losenger, lugger, magsman, mocker, mole, mountebank, narc, nark, nonce, outer, peacher, pseudologist, quisling, rat, ratfink, rook, rooster, saltimbanco, shammer, shark-gull, sharker, sharpster, shug, skulk, slicker, slink, slive, smooth operator, sneak, snout, spiv, squealer, state's evidence, steal, stooge, supergrass, swike, swindler, sycophant, tattler, tattletale, tell tales, telltale, telltale tit, tiptoe, tout, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard, whistleblower

Related Words

covert, move slowly

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