vverb.motionto go stealthily or furtivelySynset:creep mouse pussyfoot sneak
Examples:- ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
Derivationally Related Form:creepercreepsneak
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:sneakwalktravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | The children --- to the playground (apply to: creep, pussyfoot, sneak)
vverb.socialput, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive mannerExamples:- sneak a look
- sneak a cigarette
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:sneakact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the parcel to their parents (apply to: sneak) | They --- the people the food (apply to: sneak) | They --- them the parcel (apply to: sneak) | They --- the food to the people (apply to: sneak)
vverb.possessionmake off with belongings of othersSynset:abstract cabbage filch hook lift nobble pilfer pinch purloin snarf sneak swipe
Derivationally Related Form:cabbagelifterpilfererpilferage
Hypernyms:rip rip off steal
Inherited Hypernyms:pilferstealtake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | They --- the money (apply to: pinch, sneak) | They --- the goods (apply to: hook, lift, filch, pilfer, cabbage, snarf, purloin, nobble)
vverb.possessionpass on stealthilySynset:slip sneak
Examples:- He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
Hypernyms:give hand pass pass on reach turn over
Inherited Hypernyms:slippasstransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the people the food (apply to: slip) | They --- the food to the people (apply to: slip)
adj satadj.allnot openly expressedSynset:unavowed
Antonyms:unconcealed
Inherited Hypernyms:sneaking
Similar to:concealed