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Synonyms for sneak

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sneek
Phonetic Transcription : snik

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Définition of sneak

Origin :
  • 1550s (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl" (c.1200), related to Old English snican "to sneak along, creep, crawl," from Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake (n.). Of feelings, suspicions, etc., from 1748. Transitive sense, "to partake of surreptitiously" is from 1883. Related: Sneaking. Sneak-thief first recorded 1859; sneak-preview is from 1938.
  • noun person who is very dishonest
  • verb move stealthily
Example sentences :
  • "A sneak always lies well," he replied, as he sneered at Lanning.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • You're afraid of my making you split upon some of your babbling just now, are you, Sneak?'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • You cannot help thinking that the sneak would be a tyrant, if he had the opportunity.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Best way would be to try and sneak in, and not shout they were coming.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Instant vengeance was then to be taken on Mallett and his companion—the sneak!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • You hold on till I sneak into the entry and get my cap and we'll put for there now.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • More'n that, I hate to go 'round feelin' like a sneak thief.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It would be a fine thing for you, no doubt, if you could sneak round her behind my back!
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • Here he's managed to sneak on to the personal staff of the marshal.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

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