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Sneaking   /snˈikɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Sneak  v. t.  (past & past part. sneaked or snuk; pres. part. sneaking)  To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. (Obs.) "(Slander) sneaks its head."


Sneak  v. i.  (past & past part. sneaked; pres. part. sneaking)  
1.
To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company. "You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away."
2.
To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.


adjective
Sneaking  adj.  Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.





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"Sneaking" Quotes from Famous Books



... "That devil was sneaking in the shadow of the galley all the evening," I cried. "I attempted to stir him out and he jerked the ...
— The White Waterfall • James Francis Dwyer
... The maccaroni-eaters are sneaking away!" yelled the foremost of the rescue party, that had come from the mole in answer to ...
— Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service - or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty • H. Irving Hancock
... an honest man can't live by't; It is a little sneaking art, which knaves Use to cajole and soften fools withal. If thou hast flatt'ry in thy nature, out with't; Or send it to a court, ...
— Many Thoughts of Many Minds - A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age • Various
... question I prefer to ask of you—and with a great deal more reason!" returned Ted. "Of all the nervy things I ever saw, it's you prowling around the Danforths' closed bungalow and sneaking out like a thief when you thought no one was around!" Leslie felt herself turn red and uncomfortable at the accusation, but Phyllis seemed in ...
— The Dragon's Secret • Augusta Huiell Seaman
... the young man, holding the other's gaze coldly; "you're a lying, sneaking crook. You have no claim to the land, and you ...
— 'Firebrand' Trevison • Charles Alden Seltzer


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