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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Sneak

/(snēk)/ · IPA /sniːk/
01 v. i. 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.
imp. & p. p. Sneaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking
  1. 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.” Dryden.
  2. 2.
    To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
02 v. t. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
  1. 1.
    To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.[Obs.]
03 n. A mean, sneaking fellow.
  1. 1.
    A mean, sneaking fellow.
    “A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.” Glanvill.
  2. 2.
    A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.(Cricket) [Cant] Also: grub