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. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
Sneak
(Sneak), v. t. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander] sneaks its head."
Wake.
Sneak
(Sneak), n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow.
A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
Glanvill. 2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; — called also grub. [Cant] R. A. Proctor.
Sneak-cup
(Sneak"-cup`) n. One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. [Obs.] Shak.
Sneaker
(Sneak"er) n.
1. One who sneaks. Lamb.
2. A vessel of drink. [Prov. Eng.]
A sneaker of five gallons.
Spectator. Sneakiness
(Sneak"i*ness) n. The quality of being sneaky.
Sneaking
(Sneak"ing), a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.
— Sneak"ing*ly, adv. — Sneak"ing*ness, n.
Sneaksby
(Sneaks"by) n. A paltry fellow; a sneak. [Obs.] "Such a bashful sneaksby." Barrow.
Sneaky
(Sneak"y) n. Like a sneak; sneaking.
Sneap
(Sneap) v. t. [Cf. Icel. sneypa to dishonor, disgrace, chide, but also E. snip, and snub.]
1. To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. To nip; to blast; to blight. [Obs.]
Biron is like an envious, sneaping frost.
Shak. Sneap
(Sneap), n. A reprimand; a rebuke. [Obs.]
My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.
Shak. Sneath
(Sneath Sneathe) , n. See Snath.
Sneb
(Sneb) v. t. [See Snib.] To reprimand; to sneap. [Obs.] "Scold and sneb the good oak." Spenser.
Sneck
(Sneck) v. t. [See Snatch.] To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Sneck up, be silent; shut up; hold your peace. Shak.
Sneck
(Sneck), n. A door latch. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
