sneaked
Variant of sneak
intransitive verb
sneaked or ☆ Informalsnuck, sneaking- to move quietly and stealthily so as to avoid being seen or heard; go furtively
- to be a sneak; behave in a stealthy, underhanded, or cowardly manner
Origin of sneak
probably ; from Old English an unverified form snecan, akin to snican, to crawl: for Indo-European base see snailtransitive verb
to give, put, carry, take, etc. secretly or in a stealthy, sneaking manner
noun
- a person who sneaks; stealthy, underhanded, contemptible person
- an act of sneaking
- ☆ sneaker
adjective
without warning; stealthy: a sneak attack
sneak Idioms
sneak out of
to avoid (duty, a task, etc.) by sneaking or stealth
