Day 496
28 Oct 2022

sneak

/sniːk/

noun
One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.A cheat; a con artist.An informer; a tell-tale.A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutterA sneaker; a tennis shoe.A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.

verb
To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.To take something stealthily without permission.(ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.(with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.

adjective
In advance; before release to the general public.In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.