Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - sneak
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Sneak
sneak
(sneaks, sneaking, sneaked) Note: The form 'snuck' is also used in American English for the past tense and past participle. 1. 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 to be with me... VERB: V adv/prep 2. If you sneak something somewhere, you take it there secretly. He smuggled papers out each day, photocopied them, and snuck them back... You even snuck me a cigarette. VERB: V n prep/adv, V n n 3. If you sneak a look at someone or something, you secretly have a quick look at them. You sneak a look at your watch to see how long you’ve got to wait. = steal VERB: V n prep 4. see also sneaking
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I. verb (~ed or snuck; ~ing) Etymology: akin to Old English snican to ~ along, Old Norse snikja Date: 1594 intransitive verb 1. to go stealthily or furtively ; slink snuck out early 2. to act in or as if in a furtive manner 3. to carry the football on a quarterback ~ transitive verb to put, bring, or take in a furtive or artful manner ~ a smoke Synonyms: see lurk Usage: From its earliest appearance in print in the late 19th century as a dialectal and probably uneducated form, the past and past participle snuck has risen to the status of standard and to approximate equality with ~ed. Indications are that it is continuing to grow in frequency. It is most common in the United States and Canada, but has also been spotted in British and Australian English. II. noun Date: circa 1643 1. a person who acts in a stealthy, furtive, or shifty manner 2. a. a stealthy or furtive move b. an unobserved departure or escape 3. ~er 2 — usually used in plural 4. quarterback ~ III. adjective Date: circa 1859 1. carried on secretly ; clandestine 2. occurring without warning ; surprise a ~ attack ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v., n., & adj. --v. 1 intr. & tr. (foll. by in, out, past, away, etc.) go or convey furtively; slink. 2 tr. sl. steal unobserved; make off with. 3 intr. Brit. schoolsl. tell tales; turn informer. 4 intr. (as sneaking adj.) a furtive; undisclosed (have a sneaking affection for him). b persistent in one's mind; nagging (a sneaking feeling that it is not right). --n. 1 a mean-spirited cowardly underhand person. 2 Brit. schoolsl. a tell-tale. --adj. acting or done without warning; secret (a sneak attack). Phrases and idioms sneak-thief a thief who steals without breaking in; a pickpocket. Derivatives sneakingly adv. Etymology: 16th c., prob. dial.: perh. rel. to ME snike, OE snican creep ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. трус, подлец 2. подхалим, подлиза, подлипала 3. вор, воришка 4. школ. жарг. ябеда, ябедник; фискал, доносчик 5. мяч, катящийся по земле (футбол, крикет) 6. разг. ам. сникерсы; туфли, тапочки на резиновой подошве 7. красться to sneak out of the room —- выскользнуть из комнаты to sneak about the place —- шнырять (рыскать) повсюду to sneak in (up) on smb. —- подкрасться к кому-либо 8. ускользать; увиливать to sneak out of danger (out of a difficulty) —- выбраться из опасного (из трудного) положения to sneak responsibility —- увиливать от ответственности 9. делать украдкой, тайком, незаметно to sneak a smoke —- тайком покурить to sneak one's hand to one's pistol —- украдкой протянуть руку к пистолету to sneak money into smb.'s hand —- потихоньку сунуть кому-либо (в руку) деньги he sneaked the jewels across the border —- он тайно провез драгоценности через границу 10. раболепствовать, низкопоклонничать, подлизываться 11. школ. жарг. ябедничать; фискалить, доносить, наушничать 12. кин. жарг. предварительно просматривать (фильм); устраивать закрытый просмотр 13. разг. красть понемногу, незаметно ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~1 v past tense and past participle sneaked, snuck, AmE 1 to go somewhere secretly and quietly in order to avoid being seen or heard + in/past/around etc (They managed to sneak past the guard on the gate.) 2 T always + adv/prep to hide something and take it somewhere secretly (sneak sth through/by/past etc) (I'm going to try and sneak these bottles of wine through Customs.) 3 sneak a look/glance at to look at something quickly and secretly, especially something that you are not supposed to see 4 informal to quickly and secretly steal something unimportant or of little value (sneak sth from) (We used to sneak cigarettes from Dad to smoke in the garden.) sneak on sb phr v informal to tell someone such as a parent or teacher about something that another person has done wrong, because you want to cause trouble for that person (Adrian's not popular because he's always sneaking on other kids.) sneak up phr v to come near someone very quietly, so that they do not see you until you reach them + on/behind etc (Don't sneak up on me like that ! You gave me quite a shock.) (- see also sneak preview preview (1)) ~2 n BrE informal a child who is disliked because they tell adults about bad things that other children have done wrong ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1596 (first in Shakespeare), probably related to sniken "to creep, crawl," related to O.E. snican "to desire, reach for sneakily," from P.Gmc. *sneikanan. The noun is from 1785. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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