sneak

  • 21sneak — 01. My sister and I tried to [sneak] into the room where my parents were wrapping our Christmas presents, but they saw us, and sent us back to bed. 02. My brother and I [snuck] out of our house at night, and went and raided my neighbor s cherry… …

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  • 22sneak — [[t]sni͟ːk[/t]] sneaks, sneaking, sneaked (The form snuck is also used in American English for the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB If you sneak somewhere, you go there very quietly on foot, trying to avoid being seen or heard. [V… …

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  • 23sneak — {{11}}sneak (n.) a sneaking person, 1640s, from SNEAK (Cf. sneak) (v.). {{12}}sneak (v.) 1560 (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of M.E. sniken to creep, crawl, related to O.E. snican to desire, reach for sneakily, from P …

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  • 24sneak — I. verb (sneaked or snuck; sneaking) Etymology: akin to Old English snīcan to sneak along, Old Norse snīkja Date: 1594 intransitive verb 1. to go stealthily or furtively ; slink < snuck out early > …

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  • 25Sneak Me In — Infobox Album | Name = Sneak Me In Type = Album Artist = Lucifer s Friend Released = 1980 Recorded = 1979 1980 Genre = Hard rock, Melodic Rock, AOR Length = 36:30 Label = Elektra Records in the US/Vertigo Records in Europe Producer = Lucifer s&#8230; …

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  • 26sneak up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms sneak up : present tense I/you/we/they sneak up he/she/it sneaks up present participle sneaking up past tense sneaked up or snuck up past participle sneaked up or snuck up a) to get very near someone before&#8230; …

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  • 27sneak — /sneek/, v., sneaked or snuck, sneaking, n. v.i. 1. to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk. 2. to act in a furtive or underhand way. 3. Brit. Informal. to tattle; inform. v.t. 4. to move, put, pass, etc., in a stealthy or furtive&#8230; …

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  • 28sneak up — v. (D; intr.) to sneak up on, to (he sneaked up to them) * * * to (he sneak uped up to them) (D; intr.) to sneak up on …

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  • 29sneak — [[t]snik[/t]] v. sneaked or snuck, sneak•ing, n. adj. 1) to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk 2) to act in a furtive or underhand way 3) to move, put, pass, etc., in a stealthy or furtive manner: He sneaked the gun into his&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30sneak — n. a sneak preview of a movie. □ There was a good sneak at the Granada last night. □ The sneak was better than the flick they had advertised …

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