noun
- A person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible.
- Someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions.
- Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
- synonyms: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneaker, canary
verb
- To go stealthily or furtively.
- usage: ".. Stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
- Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner.
- usage: "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
- Make off with belongings of others.
- Pass on stealthily.
- usage: "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
- synonyms: slip
adjective
- Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.
- usage: "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"
- synonyms: furtive, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious
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