According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
sneaked
simple past tense and past participle of sneak
• See sneak for notes on sneaked vs snuck.
• snuck (chiefly, North America)
Source: Wiktionary
Sneak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking.] Etym: [OE. sniken, AS. snican to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel. snikja to hanker after.]
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. imp. & p. p. "snuck" is more common now, but not even mentioned here. In MW10, simply "sneaked or snuck" 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, v. t.
Definition: To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander] sneaks its head." Wake.
Sneak, n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow. A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. Glanvill.
2. (Cricket)
Definition: A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub. [Cant] R. A. Proctor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.