sneak
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(verb) to go stealthily or furtively: "..stead of sneaking around spying on the Dronk house''." |
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Synonyms: creep, mouse, pussyfoot, steal |
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Related Words: walk |
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(verb) put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner: "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette" |
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Related Words: act, move |
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(verb) pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" |
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Synonyms: slip |
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Related Words: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over |
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(noun) someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions |
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Synonyms: prowler |
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Related Words: interloper, intruder, trespasser |
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(satellite adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows" |
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Synonyms: furtive, lurking, skulking, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious |
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(noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
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Synonyms: canary, fink, snitch, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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Related Words: betrayer, informer, rat, squealer |
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(verb) make off with belongings of others |
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Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, swipe |
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Related Words: steal |
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