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Definitions for Sneaking

[1] acting in a furtive or underhand way.
[2] deceitfully underhand, as actions; contemptible.
[3] secret; not generally avowed, as a feeling, notion, suspicion, etc.
[4] to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.
[5] to act in a furtive or underhand way.
[6] British Informal . to tattle; inform.
[7] to move, put, pass, etc., in a stealthy or furtive manner: He sneaked the gun into his pocket.
[8] to do, take, or enjoy hurriedly or surreptitiously: to sneak a cigarette.
[9] a sneaking, underhand, or contemptible person.
[10] Informal . a stealthy or furtive departure.
[11] British Informal . tattletale; informer.
[12] sneaker(def 1) .
[13] Informal . a sneak preview.
[14] Cards . the lead of a singleton in a suit other than the trump suit, as in whist.
[15] acting in a furtive or cowardly way
[16] secret a sneaking desire to marry a millionaire
[17] slight but nagging (esp in the phrase a sneaking suspicion )
[18] (intr; often foll by along, off, in, etc ) to move furtively
[19] (intr) to behave in a cowardly or underhand manner
[20] (tr) to bring, take, or put stealthily
[21] (intr) informal , mainly British to tell tales (esp in schools)
[22] (tr) informal to steal
[23] (intr; foll by off, out, away, etc ) informal to leave unobtrusively
[24] a person who acts in an underhand or cowardly manner, esp as an informer
[25] a stealthy act or movement (as modifier ) a sneak attack
[26] British informal an unobtrusive departure

Words related to Sneaking

intriguing, calculating, crooked, smooth, slick, designing, scheming, arch, smart, mean, conniving, bluffing, dissembling, plotting, sneak, slinking, skulking, artful, astute, cagey

Words nearby Sneaking

sneak thief, sneaker, sneakerhead, sneakernet, sneakers, sneaking, sneaky, sneaky pete, sneck, sneer, sneery

Origin of Sneaking

1590–1600; variant of Middle English sniken, Old English snīcan to creep; cognate with Old Norse snīkja to hanker after

Other words from Sneaking

sneak·ing·ly , adverb
sneak·ing·ness , noun
un·sneak·ing , adjective

Word origin for Sneaking

Old English snīcan to creep; from Old Norse snīkja to hanker after

Synonyms for Sneaking

arch, bluffing, calculating, conniving, crooked, designing, dissembling, intriguing, mean, plotting, scheming, slick, smart, smooth, artful, astute, cagey, canny, captious, covert, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, dishonest, dishonorable, double-dealing, elusive, foxy, furtive, guileful, illusory, impish, ingenious, insidious, mischievous, roguish, secret, secretive, sharp, shifty, shrewd, sneaky, stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unscrupulous, wily