Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sneak"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneak \Sneak\, v. t.
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.]
``[Slander] sneaks its head.'' --Wake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneak \Sneak\, n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow.
A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
--Glanvill.
2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; --
called also {grub}. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneaked}
(sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneaking}.] [OE. sniken, AS.
sn[=i]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
sn[=i]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sneak
adj : 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" [syn: {furtive}, {lurking}, {skulking},
{sneak(a)}, {sneaky}, {stealthy}, {surreptitious}]
n 1: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
intentions [syn: {prowler}, {stalker}]
2: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
{fink}, {snitch}, {snitcher}, {stoolpigeon}, {stoolie}, {sneaker},
{canary}]
v 1: to go stealthily or furtively: "..stead of sneaking around
spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: {mouse}, {creep},
{steal}, {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},
{filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]
4: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was
looking" [syn: {slip}]
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