SNEAKING

Verb

sneaking

present participle of sneak

Noun

sneaking (plural sneakings)

The act of one who sneaks.

Adjective

sneaking (comparative more sneaking, superlative most sneaking)

Secret or underhand; not openly avowed.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sneak"ing, a.

Definition: Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.

– Sneak"ing*ly, adv.

– Sneak"ing*ness, n.

SNEAK

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

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