| sneak | | |
| n. (person) | 1. sneak | a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible. |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
| n. (person) | 2. prowler, sneak, stalker | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions. |
| ~ interloper, intruder, trespasser | someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission. |
| n. (person) | 3. canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. |
| ~ betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat | one who reveals confidential information in return for money. |
| v. (motion) | 4. creep, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak | to go stealthily or furtively.; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (social) | 5. sneak | put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner.; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (possession) | 6. abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe | make off with belongings of others. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (possession) | 7. slip, sneak | pass on stealthily.; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| adj. | 8. furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious | 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" |
| ~ concealed | hidden on any grounds for any motive.; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase" |
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