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sneak

Are you planning another book and can you give us a sneak peek?Soon a stone had sneaked back on.He sat uncomfortably in isolation surrounded by empty seats and had to be sneaked away from the ground.If the users do not trust the watchers they will look for ways to sneak past the guards unseen.Thousands of you have already visited my website to get a sneak peek at the impressive piece of software.She went to look and one sneaked in, taking her key.West tried the sneak attack of a club v 3NT.We have a sneaking suspicion it won't be her last.He clearly felt bad about something, to sneak off like that.Get a sneak preview, with wine and good chat.She sneaked a look at him, a quick one.We'd sneak back for cups of coffee or lunch.Here West tried the sneak attack of a club.And yet there is something sneaking about it that outrages the American sense of fairness.So horrible you have to look away... and yet your eyes keep sneaking back.You'll keep coming back to sneak astonished looks at these pages long after you have finished it.Nonetheless we cannot shake off a sneaking suspicion that great wisdom is being imparted and that it might be prudent discreetly to take notes.I have a sneaking suspicion that there were no real safety problems.This is a sneak attack, a rearguard action by those who still want to see statutory control of the press.I was part of a group given a sneak preview before it opened on Thursday.

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sneak

British English: sneak VERB
If you sneak somewhere, you go there very quietly on foot, trying to avoid being seen or heard.
Sometimes he would sneak out of his house late at night.
  • American English: sneak
  • Brazilian Portuguese: esgueirar-se
  • Chinese: 偷偷地走
  • European Spanish: moverse sigilosamente
  • French: se faufiler
  • German: schleichen
  • Italian: sgattaiolare
  • Japanese: そっと歩く
  • Korean: 살금살금 가다
  • European Portuguese: esgueirar-se
  • Latin American Spanish: moverse sigilosamente

Chinese translation of 'sneak'

sneak

(sniːk)
Word forms:ptppUS, also snuck

vi

  1. to sneak in/out 偷偷溜进(進)/出 (tōutōu liūjìn/chū)

vt

  1. to sneak a look at sth 偷看一眼某物 (tōukàn yī yǎn mǒuwù)
to sneak sb/sth into a place 将(將)某人/某物偷带(帶)进(進)一个(個)地方 (jiāng mǒurén/mǒuwù tōu dàijìn yī gè dìfang)

n (c)

  1. (inf, = telltale) 告密者 (gàomìzhě) (个(個), )

All related terms of 'sneak'

(verb) 
Definition
to move quietly, trying not be noticed
Don't sneak away and hide.
Synonyms
slink
He couldn't just slink away.
slip
She slipped downstairs and out of the house.
steal
They can steal away at night and join us.
creep
I went back to the hotel and crept up to my room.
ghost
pad
He padded around in his slippers.
tiptoe
sidle
A young man sidled up to me and said, `May I help you?'
skulk
He skulked off.
(verb) 
Definition
to bring, take, or put secretly
She's always sneaking the dog treats.
Synonyms
slip
smuggle
Had it really been impossible to find someone who could smuggle out a letter?
spirit
(verb) 
Definition
to behave in a cowardly or underhand manner
She sneaked a look at her watch.
Synonyms
snatch
The robber snatched the bag and ran away.
steal
do something furtively or stealthily
(verb) 
Definition
(esp. in schools) to tell tales
(informal British) 
Synonyms
tell tales
sing (slang, mainly US)
spill your guts (slang)
(noun) 
Definition
a person who acts in an underhand or cowardly manner
He is disloyal, distrustful and a sneak.
Synonyms
informer
two men suspected of being police informers
grass (British, slang)
He preferred to take the rap rather than be a grass.
betrayer
a traitor and betrayer
telltale
I didn't want to be a telltale so I kept quiet.
squealer (slang)
Judas
accuser
stool pigeon
snake in the grass
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)
fizgig (Australian, slang)
(modifier) 
Definition
without warning
We can give you this exclusive sneak preview.
Synonyms
secret
quick
clandestine
furtive
stealthy

Phrasal verbs

See sneak on someone
See sneak up on something or someone

Additional synonyms

in the sense of betrayer
a traitor and betrayer
Synonyms
traitor,
deceiver,
informer,
renegade,
defector,
conspirator,
Judas,
deserter,
double-crosser (informal),
turncoat,
quisling,
apostate,
miscreant,
snake in the grass,
back-stabber,
fizgig (Australian, slang)
in the sense of creep
Definition
to move quietly and cautiously
I went back to the hotel and crept up to my room.
Synonyms
sneak,
steal,
tiptoe,
slink,
skulk,
approach unnoticed
in the sense of grass
Definition
a person who informs, usually on criminals
He preferred to take the rap rather than be a grass.
Synonyms
betrayer,
sneak,
squealer (slang),
Judas,
accuser,
stool pigeon,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)

Synonyms of 'sneak'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of pad
Definition
to walk with a soft or muffled step
He padded around in his slippers.
Synonyms
sneak,
creep,
prowl,
steal,
ghost,
tiptoe,
slink,
pussyfoot (informal),
tread warily,
go barefoot,
walk quietly
in the sense of sidle
Definition
to walk slowly and carefully, not wanting to be noticed
A young man sidled up to me and said, `May I help you?'
Synonyms
edge,
steal,
slink,
inch,
ghost,
creep,
sneak
in the sense of sing
Definition
to act as an informer
Synonyms
inform (on),
shop (slang, British),
grass (British, slang),
rat (on) (informal),
betray,
turn in (informal),
peach (slang),
squeal (slang),
tell all,
blow the whistle (on) (informal),
fink (on) (slang, US),
spill the beans (informal),
spill your guts (slang)
in the sense of skulk
Definition
to move stealthily, so as to avoid notice
He skulked off.
Synonyms
creep,
sneak,
slink,
pad,
slope,
prowl,
sidle
in the sense of smuggle
Definition
to bring or take secretly
Had it really been impossible to find someone who could smuggle out a letter?
Synonyms
sneak,
spirit,
slip,
bring illegally
in the sense of steal
Definition
to move quietly and carefully, not wanting to be noticed
They can steal away at night and join us.
Synonyms
sneak,
slip,
creep,
flit,
tiptoe,
slink,
insinuate yourself
in the sense of telltale
Definition
a person who tells tales about others
I didn't want to be a telltale so I kept quiet.
Synonyms
blabbermouth (informal),
sneak (British, informal),
squealer (informal),
snitch (informal),
tattletale (US, informal),
clype (Scottish, informal)
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