Dictionary Entry
sneak
sneak is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2past tense & past participle
To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
- 3transitive verb
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
- 4noun
A mean, sneaking fellow.
- 5noun
A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
- 6noun
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- 7noun
someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
- 8noun
a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
- 9verb
to go stealthily or furtively
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
- 10verb
pass on stealthily
"He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
Synonyms
- 11verb
make off with belongings of others
- 12verb
put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
"sneak a look"
"sneak a cigarette"
- 13adjective
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
"a furtive manner"
"a sneak attack"
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