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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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Thesaurus Results for sneak:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

arrant coward, blackguard, caitiff, clandestine, couch, covert, cower, craven, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, cur, dastard, devil, fink, furtive, glide, go on tiptoe, grass, grovel, gumshoe, heel, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, inch, inch along, informer, knave, lay wait, lie in wait, louse, lurk, nark, nightwalk, pad, poltroon, precious rascal, prowl, pussyfoot, quail, rapscallion, rascal, recreant, reptile, rogue, run, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scrabble, scramble, shadow, shirk, shithead, shyster, sidle, skulk, skunk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, sneaker, snitch, snook, spalpeen, stalk, steal, steal along, stealthy, stoolie, surreptitious, tippytoe, tiptoe, toad, undercover, villain, weasel, worm, worm along

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