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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024snuck /snʌk/USA pronunciation v. - Pronounsa pp. and pt. of sneak.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024snuck (snuk),USA pronunciation - Pronounsa pp. and pt. of sneak.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sneak /snik/USA pronunciation v., sneaked or snuck/snʌk/USA pronunciation sneak•ing, n., adj. v. - to go in a sly way so as not to be seen or noticed:[no object]Let's sneak out the back door.
- to act in an underhand way:[no object]He sneaks around and lies to everyone.
- to move, put, etc., in a sly or dishonest manner:[~ + object]He sneaked the gun into his pocket.
n. [countable] - a person who should not be trusted.
adj. [before a noun] - stealthy;
done without warning or being seen:a sneak raid.
sneak•i•ness, n. [uncountable] sneak•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sneak (snēk),USA pronunciation v., sneaked or snuck, sneak•ing, n. v.i. - to go in a stealthy or furtive manner;
slink;
skulk. - to act in a furtive or underhand way.
- British Termsto tattle;
inform.
v.t. - to move, put, pass, etc., in a stealthy or furtive manner:He sneaked the gun into his pocket.
- to do, take, or enjoy hurriedly or surreptitiously:to sneak a cigarette.
n. - British Termsa sneaking, underhand, or contemptible person.
- Informal Termsa stealthy or furtive departure.
- [Brit. Informal.]tattletale;
informer. - sneaker (def. 1).
- [Informal.]a sneak preview.
- Games[Cards.]the lead of a singleton in a suit other than the trump suit, as in whist.
- 1590–1600; variant of Middle English sniken, Old English snīcan to creep; cognate with Old Norse snīkja to hanker after
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged steal. See lurk.
First recorded in writing toward the end of the 19th century in the United States, snuck has become in recent decades a standard variant past tense and past participle of the verb sneak:Bored by the lecture, he snuck out the side door.Snuck occurs frequently in fiction and in journalistic writing as well as on radio and television:In the darkness the sloop had snuck around the headland, out of firing range.It is not so common in highly formal or belletristic writing, where sneaked is more likely to occur. Snuck is the only spoken past tense and past participle for many younger and middle-aged persons of all educational levels in the U. S. and Canada. Snuck has occasionally been considered nonstandard, but it is so widely used by professional writers and educated speakers that it can no longer be so regarded. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sneak /sniːk/ vb - (intr; often followed by along, off, in, etc) to move furtively
- (intransitive) to behave in a cowardly or underhand manner
- (transitive) to bring, take, or put stealthily
- (intransitive) informal chiefly Brit to tell tales (esp in schools)
- (transitive) informal to steal
- (intr; followed by off, out, away, etc) informal to leave unobtrusively
n - a person who acts in an underhand or cowardly manner, esp as an informer
- a stealthy act or movement
- (as modifier): a sneak attack
Etymology: Old English snīcan to creep; from Old Norse snīkja to hanker afterˈsneaky adj ˈsneakily adv ˈsneakiness n |