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: probably ; 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
- a person who sneaks; stealthy, underhanded, contemptible person
- an act of sneaking
- ☆ sneaker
adjective
without warning; stealthy: a sneak attack
