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   sneak

   /sniːk/

   verb

   • 1. move or go in a furtive or stealthy way: "I sneaked out by the back exit" Similar creepslinkstealslipslidesidleedgemove furtivelytiptoepussyfootpadprowl
   • ▪ convey (someone or something) in a furtive or stealthy way: "someone sneaked a camera inside" Similar bring/take surreptitiouslybring/take secretlybring/take illicitlysmugglespiritslip
   • ▪ do or obtain (something) in a stealthy or furtive way: "she sneaked a glance at her watch" Similar snatchtake a furtive/stealthy/surreptitious …get furtively/stealthily/surreptitiouslysteal
   • ▪ creep up on (someone) without being detected: "he sneaks up on us slyly"
   • 2. (especially in children's use) inform an adult or person in authority of a companion's misdeeds; tell tales: informal British "she sneaked on us" Similar inform (on/against)act as an informertell tales (on)reportgive someone awaybe disloyal (to)sell someone outstab someone in the backinformal:squeal (on)rat (on)blow the whistle (on)peach (on)snitch (on)put the finger onsell someone down the riverstitch someone upgrass (on)split (on)shopclype (on)rat someone outfingerfink ondrop a/the dime onpimp onpoolput someone's pot on

   noun

   • 1. (especially in children's use) someone who informs an adult or person in authority of a companion's misdeeds; a telltale: British "Ethel was the form sneak and goody-goody"
   • ▪ a furtive and contemptible person: "he was branded a prying sneak for eavesdropping on intimate conversation"
   • 2. short for sneaker North American

   adjective

   • 1. acting or done surreptitiously, unofficially, or without warning: "a sneak thief"

   Word Origin late 16th century: probably dialect; perhaps related to obsolete snike ‘to creep’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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