different between sneak vs trainer

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)

1. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.

2. The act of sneaking
3. A cheat; a con artist.

   Synonyms: con artist, trickster; see also Thesaurus:confidence trickster, Thesaurus:deceiver

4. An informer; a tell-tale.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant

5. (obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
6. (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.

7. (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)

1. (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

2. (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.

3. (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.

4. (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.

5. (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)

1. In advance; before release to the general public.

2. 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

1. first-person singular present indicative of sneaken
2. imperative of sneaken

English

Etymology

train +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?t?e?n?/
• (US): enPR: tr??n?r, IPA^(key): /?t?e?n?/
• Rhymes: -e?n?(?)

Noun

trainer (plural trainers)

1. A person who trains another; a coach.
2. (sports) A person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist.
3. (Britain) A running shoe or sneaker.
4. (video games, slang) A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
   • 2000, "Phil", I need trainer for version 1.10.021 (on newsgroup alt.games.rctycoon)

     I actually never got a trainer for RCT, but needed one for my brother when I installed it on his computer. He is 10, and is only concerned with making "cool" coasters. I also completed CF before getting trainers.

   • 2001, "LJames4728", Good C64 Game Sites? (on newsgroup alt.c64)

     Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.

5. (cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
6. attributive form of trainers

   There was chewing gum stuck to my trainer soles.

Synonyms

• (person who trains another; coach): coach
• (running shoe): dap (UK), plimsoll (UK), running shoe, tennis shoe, see also Thesaurus:sports shoe

Derived terms

• personal trainer

Related terms

• train

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: trainor
  • ? English: trainor

Translations

Anagrams

• rantier, retrain, terrain

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

trainer m or f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje n, feminine trainster)

1. trainer
2. coach

French

Verb

trainer

1. Post-1990 spelling of traîner.

Conjugation

Further reading

• “trainer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rentrai, ternira, terrain

Old French

Alternative forms

• trahiner, traïner (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *trag?n?re, from *tragere (see treire), from Latin trah?, trahere (“I pull”).

Verb

trainer

1. to drag

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: traîner
• Norman: traîner
• ? Galician: treinar
• ? Italian: trainare
• ? Middle English: trainen, traynen
  • English: train
  • Scots: train
  • Portuguese: treinar