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Sneaking   /snˈikɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Sneak  v. t.  (past & past part. sneaked or snuk; pres. part. sneaking)  To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. (Obs.) "(Slander) sneaks its head."



Sneak  v. i.  (past & past part. sneaked; pres. part. sneaking)  
1.
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. "You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away."
2.
To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.



adjective
Sneaking  adj.  Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Sneaking" Quotes from Famous Books



... and ill-humor that had made him unapproachable. His eyes were sparkling with childish glee; his hands were trembling slightly, and his back was bent. Argensola, who had always dodged him in the street and had thrilled with fear when sneaking up the stairway in the avenue home, now felt a sudden confidence. The transformed old man was beaming on him like a comrade, and making ...
— The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... woods to another? They begged Clavering to go with them, and as man cannot exist for long in the rarefied atmosphere of the empyrean without growing restive, he was feeling rather let down, and cherished a sneaking desire for a long day ...
— Black Oxen • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

... he had rather be a friend of the Seventeen Fires, but if they would not accede to his demands that he would be forced to join the English. The memory of Wayne, the commanding figure and dauntless courage of the present Governor, had had their effect; compared to the vile and sneaking agents of the British government, who, in the security of their forts, had formerly offered bounties for American scalps, and urged the Indians to a predatory warfare, the American leaders stood out in bold relief as both men and warriors. ...
— The Land of the Miamis • Elmore Barce

... pards, I thought I heard A sneaking grizzly cracking the dry twigs. Such an intrusion might deprive the State Of all the good that we intend ...
— Black Beetles in Amber • Ambrose Bierce

... do nothing of the sort. She's the only thing that now clings to me, and I 'm not going to have you sneaking ...
— Hollyhock - A Spirit of Mischief • L. T. Meade


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