Sneak

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A mean, sneaking fellow.

II. Sneak ·vt To hide, ·esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.

III. Sneak ·noun A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground;

— called also grub.

IV. Sneak ·Impf & ·p.p. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to Crouch.

V. Sneak ·vi 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.

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