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sneaking

[ snee-king ]

adjective

  1. acting in a furtive or underhand way.
  2. deceitfully underhand, as actions; contemptible.
  3. secret; not generally avowed, as a feeling, notion, suspicion, etc.


sneaking

/ ˈԾːɪŋ /

adjective

  1. acting in a furtive or cowardly way
  2. secret

    a sneaking desire to marry a millionaire

  3. slight but nagging (esp in the phrase a sneaking suspicion )
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ𲹰쾱Բ, adverb
  • ˈԱ𲹰쾱ԲԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Ա𲹰iԲ· adverb
  • Ա𲹰iԲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·Ա𲹰iԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sneaking1

First recorded in 1575–85; sneak + -ing 2
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“Actually, this is one of the bars I started sneaking into,” he laughs.

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And he has been dealt a nice hand with the horse sneaking in towards the bottom of the weights.

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It was an inventory of everything they were doing in the secret apartment — bringing in furniture, sneaking in, recording conversations, going to the food court, or going to the movie theater.

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He remained a customer even after he was drafted in the first round by the Marines in 2019, Osada sneaking the budding national celebrity into a VIP room through a back door.

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Mr Duren says that the high-resolution Tanager-1 can respond to some of these challenges, for instance by essentially sneaking peeks through gaps in cloud cover or forest cover.

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