sneakingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈsniː.kɪŋ/us/ˈsniː.kɪŋ/If you have a sneaking feeling about someone or something, you have that feeling, although you are not certain it is correct:
I have a sneaking feeling/suspicion that we're going the wrong way.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- overestimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- shot
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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