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Thesaurus: sneak

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.

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  1. v. i. 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.
  2. imp. & p. p. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
  3. v. t. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
  4. n. A mean, sneaking fellow.
  5. n. A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
  6. adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  7. n. a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
  8. n. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
  9. n. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  10. v. to go stealthily or furtively
  11. v. put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
  12. v. make off with belongings of others