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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible;

2. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions;
[syn: prowler, sneak, stalker]

3. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police;
[syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]


VERB (4)

1. to go stealthily or furtively;
- Example: "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
[syn: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot]

2. put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner;
- Example: "sneak a look"
- Example: "sneak a cigarette"

3. make off with belongings of others;
[syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]

4. pass on stealthily;
- Example: "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
[syn: slip, sneak]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed;
- Example: "a furtive manner"
- Example: "a sneak attack"
- Example: "stealthy footsteps"
- Example: "a surreptitious glance at his watch"
[syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sneak \Sneak\, v. t.
   To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander]
   sneaks its head." --Wake.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sneak \Sneak\, n.
   1. A mean, sneaking fellow.
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            A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
                                                  --Glanvill.
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   2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; --
      called also grub. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneaked
   (sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking.] [OE. sniken, AS.
   sn[imac]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
   sn[imac]kja to hanker after.]
   1. 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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            You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with
      meanness and servility; to crouch.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sneak
    adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
           avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak
           attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at
           his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky,
           stealthy, surreptitious]
    n 1: a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and
         contemptible
    2: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
       intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker]
    3: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
       fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon,
       stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
    v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around
         spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse,
         creep, pussyfoot]
    2: put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak
       a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
    3: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
       purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook,
       sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
    4: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was
       looking" [syn: slip, sneak]