(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.
(imp. & p. p.) To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
(v. t.) To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
(n.) A mean, sneaking fellow.
(n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Example Sentences:
(1) They’ve already collaborated with folks like DOOM, Ghostface Killah and Frank Ocean; I was lucky enough to hear a sneak peek of their incredible collaboration with Future Islands’ Sam Herring from their forthcoming album.
(2) In a sneak preview of the findings, Howard Reed of Landman Economics, who was commissioned to do the work, told a meeting this week that "most of the gain" from raising the income tax allowance goes to "families who aren't very poor in the first place", and instead increasing tax credits for working low-income families was the "best targeted way of encouraging work among lone parents and workless couples".
(3) Robben's penalty was so well placed that it sneaked in despite Casillas's guessing right and almost reaching his own post.
(4) The French love Malick's artistry and mystery and he continued to play the recluse by not showing up for his press conference or red carpet, although I'm told he has been here, staying at the famed Colombe d'Or in St-Paul-de-Vence and that he did sneak in to watch at least some of his own film's premiere.
(5) They systematically denied the boy meals and tortured him when he tried to sneak food before brutally beating him to death at their Coventry home.
(6) MPs have voted to allow fracking under Britain’s national parks, drawing accusations that the government has sneaked the measure through parliament without a proper debate.
(7) Sneaking a 1-0 win (like they did last time) probably won't be enough, because Chile would still fancy their chances in the final game against the Netherlands, who will more than likely be through already by that stage.
(8) The row between the BBC and LSE broke on Saturday when the university accused the corporation of deception and of using its students as human shields to sneak into North Korea.
(9) Beijing has lodged a formal complaint with Pyongyang after a North Korean army deserter sneaked across the border and killed four Chinese villagers with a handgun.
(10) 1.28am BST Heat 15-20 Spurs, 3:53 remaining in 1st quarter Tony Parker sneaks through two defenders to untie it.
(11) Only PCs running Windows can be infected but the CryptoLocker malware can be hidden in any executable attachment or sneak on to your computer via a driveby download from a disreputable or infected website.
(12) Yeah, as I said, come back from the dead.” I have managed to get my hands on some of the correspondence that’s been going back and forth, and can give you a sneak preview of the ideas.
(13) 16) St Louis Rams Last season: 7-8-1 Needs: Wide receiver, safety, running back, defensive tackle Pick: Tavon Austin, wide receiver, West Virginia Undersized at 5ft 8½in, Austin is nevertheless the best receiver in this year's draft, a jet-heeled playmaker who could well sneak into the top 10.
(14) At least director JJ Abrams had a sense of humour about the hype machine when he teased a "sneak peek" of a scanty three frames of Star Trek Into Darkness on Conan O'Brien.
(15) In the past, he explains, 'encroachers' failed to respect the park's boundaries, sneaking into the forest to gather firewood and fell trees for timber.
(16) Experimental evidence documents the roles of host immunosuppression (genetic or environmental), immunoresistance at the cellular level, "sneaking through" (i.e., growth of a tumor to irreversible size prior to the mobilization of an appropriate immune response), lack of antigenic recognition, and blocking enhancement type reactions.
(17) The bars will be easiest to cut after being chilled (but there's no shame in sneaking a few bites when they are warm).
(18) Meanwhile, here's Justin Kavanagh with a sneak preview of activities in the Real dressing room during the break: "Word has it that the Special One has left a note in the Real dressing room that reads GONE TO GET MY HAIR DONE.
(19) North Korea prefers sneak attacks, like the torpedo in March 2010 that sank the South Korean navy ship Cheonan : 46 died.
(20) I go out as often as I can, at least once a month if possible, and I keep a "go bag" in the boot of my car ready with all my camping gear on standby should I get the chance to sneak off.
Snuck
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) We snuck in quietly during the night in civilian cars.
(2) Rui Faria and Silvino Louro, two of his coaches and closest allies, snuck in to the back of the auditorium to cast their eye over proceedings.
(3) Johnny Depp's dogs on death row after being 'snuck' into Australia Read more But it seems Pistol and Boo may not have had the proper paperwork when they were departing their home state of California, which could pose difficulties when they try to go back.
(4) After a meeting lasting more than two hours inside the building, the officials–from the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, known as the troika–snuck out of the ministry via an external fire escape, thereby avoiding the front entrance.
(5) (Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four snuck in second, with Joyce's Ulysses third.)
(6) Osvaldo Alonso made it two nil as he snuck one off the inside of the far post in the 47th minute and even though Reinaldo Navia pulled on back in the 52nd minute for Atlanta, the Sounders would not be denied their win and Alex Caskey got the two goal lead back two minutes later, followed by two more from Sammy Ochoa.
(7) Down 21-17 with 16 seconds left in the game, Lombardi told Starr to "run it and let's get the hell out of here," after which the quarterback snuck into the endzone and rewarded Packers fans for suffering the cold.
(8) Last year, student Ibrahim Abd, who did not want to give his real name, snuck into Syria to help media activists there, without telling his family.
(9) Oliver was filming Daily Show reports at the 2008 Republican national convention in Minnesota – the event at which Sarah Palin made her national debut – and had snuck in, with his camera crew, to a VIP area in which he didn't have permission to be.
(10) FFA grant Wellington Phoenix 10-year A-League licence extension Read more Played through by midfielder Stefan Mauk, Kamau steadied and snuck a shot past Danny Vukovic at the keeper’s near post, with a healthy deflection off Scott Galloway’s leg.
(11) Before Dylan and Jagger cut the ribbon to open our bourgeois-friendly field, Mike Heron, Robin Williamson and Clive Palmer of the Incredible String Band had already snuck in and were happily ensconced in a far corner that few have visited since.
(12) Wenger was still remonstrating with a touchline official about some perceived wrong from several minutes earlier when United hit them with a third knockout blow, Nani leaving Lehmann for dead with a left-foot shot that snuck under him and into the far right corner.
(13) They could, of course, thrash Arsenal by double figures and see West Brom suffer a similar hammering at home to Stoke, whose impressive season has rather snuck under a lot of people's radars.
(14) Snuck in as an anagram or across the first letter of each word in a sentence?
(15) The last time the Observer snuck under the nation’s duvet and asked a representative sample of consenting adults those $64,000 questions – How many partners?
(16) Just now he snuck into the box undetected and was picked out by a good ball from the right-back.
(17) Having missed two good chances with his head, Clint Dempsey switched to using his feet and doubled Fulham's lead with his right, getting the final touch to a shot from Duff that, having picked up a deflection from Pascal Chimbonda, may have snuck past Robinson on its own.
(18) It’s still under investigation – we’re still asking those questions.” The broadcaster said he understood the two dogs were deliberately snuck into the country in a minder’s handbag, with the full knowledge of Depp and his wife Amber Heard.
(19) On Sunday, Sky News's live coverage of the diamond jubilee pageant snuck into the bottom end of the top 20 most watched free-to-air multichannel shows, averaging 493,000 and a 3.9% share in the half hour from 1pm, and 479,000 and 4.3% in the preceeding half hour.
(20) The assault follows firefights in Malaysia's eastern Sabah state that killed eight police officers and 19 Filipino gunmen who in February snuck in by boat and claimed the land as part of a sultanate under a Filipino clan leader.