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Webster 1913 Edition

Sneak

Sneak

(snēk)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sneaked
(snēkt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sneaking
.]
[OE.
sniken
, AS.
snīcan
to creep; akin to Dan.
snige sig
; cf. Icel.
snīkja
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
.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
[Obs.]
“[Slander] sneaks its head.”
Wake.

Sneak

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sneak

SNEAK

,
Verb.
I.
[See Snake.]
1.
To creep or steal away privately; to withdraw meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company; to sneak into a corner or behind a screen. You skulk'd behind the fence, and sneak'd away.
2.
To speak roughly; to talk in rude murmuring terms. It is malicious and unmanly to snarly at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.

SNEAK

,
Verb.
T.
To hide. [Not in use.]

SNEAK

,
Noun.
A mean fellow.

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