sneaked

Variant of sneak

intransitive verb sneaked or ☆ Informalsnuck, sneaking
  1. to move quietly and stealthily so as to avoid being seen or heard; go furtively
  2. to be a sneak; behave in a stealthy, underhanded, or cowardly manner

Origin: prob. from Old English an unverified form snecan, akin to snican, to crawl: for Indo-European base see snail

transitive verb
to give, put, carry, take, etc. secretly or in a stealthy, sneaking manner
noun
  1. a person who sneaks; stealthy, underhanded, contemptible person
  2. an act of sneaking
  3. ☆ sneaker
adjective
without warning; stealthy: a sneak attack
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