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sneak
English
Etymology
Possibly from Middle English sniken (“to creep, crawl”), from Old English sn?can (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *sn?kan, from Proto-Germanic *sn?kan? (“to creep, crawl”), which is related to the root of snake. Compare Danish snige (“to sneak”), Swedish snika (“to sneak, hanker after”), Icelandic sníkja (“to sneak, hanker after”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sni?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Noun
sneak (plural sneaks)
- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
- The act of sneaking
- A cheat; a con artist.
- Synonyms: con artist, trickster; see also Thesaurus:confidence trickster, Thesaurus:deceiver
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant
- (obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
- (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
- 2014, Faye McKnight, Goodnight, Bob (page 9)
- We would have been laughed off the street in Philadelphia if we were seen wearing sneaks. In the big city, the young population wore loafers or boots.
- 2014, Faye McKnight, Goodnight, Bob (page 9)
- (American football) A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
Translations
Verb
sneak (third-person singular simple present sneaks, present participle sneaking, simple past and past participle sneaked or snuck)
- (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- Synonym: skulk
- (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.
- (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.
- (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
- 1701, William Wake, A rationale upon some texts of Scripture
- [Slander] sneaks its head.
- 1701, William Wake, A rationale upon some texts of Scripture
- (intransitive, informal, with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
- Synonyms: grass, snitch, tell tales
Usage notes
- The past and past participle snuck is primarily found in North American English, where it originated in the late 19th century as a dialectal form. It is still regarded as informal by some, but its use appears to be increasing in frequency and acceptability. It is occasionally found in British and Australian/Hiberno-English, too, though regarded as an American form. (See Oxford Dictionaries, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Webster's New World College Dictionary.)
- Informally, snook is also often found as the past tense. It is considered nonstandard.
- To sneak (take) something is not the same as to steal something. In this sense, sneak typically implies trying to avoid a supervisor's or guardian's mild displeasure or mild discipline, while steal indicates a more serious action and often the person stealing does not know the owner of the item being stolen.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
sneak (not comparable)
- In advance; before release to the general public.
- In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.
Derived terms
- sneak attack
- sneak peek
- sneak preview
Anagrams
- Kasen, Keans, Snake, akens, asken, kaens, kenas, nakes, skean, snake
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sneak
Verb
sneak
- first-person singular present indicative of sneaken
- imperative of sneaken
sneak From the web:
flee
English
Etymology
From Old English fl?on, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhan?, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fli?/
- Rhymes: -i?
- Homophone: flea
Verb
flee (third-person singular simple present flees, present participle fleeing, simple past and past participle fled)
- (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
- (transitive) To escape from.
- (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Derived terms
- beflee
Related terms
- flight
Translations
Anagrams
- elfe, feel, fele, leef
Middle English
Noun
flee
- Alternative form of fle
Scots
Alternative forms
- fle, flei
Etymology
From Middle English flye, from Old English fl??e, fl?oge, from Proto-Germanic *fleug?. Compare English fly, Dutch vlieg, German Fliege.
Noun
flee
- fly
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