| v. i. | 1. | To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; |
| 2. | To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. |
| n. | 1. | A mean, sneaking fellow. |
| 2. | (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; - called also |
| Noun | 1. | sneak - someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions |
| 2. | sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | |
| Verb | 1. | sneak - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" |
| 2. | sneak - put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette" | |
| 3. | sneak - make off with belongings of others | |
| 4. | sneak - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" Synonyms: slip | |
| Adj. | 1. | sneak - 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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