smuggle

English

/ˈsmʌɡəl/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
  • (transitive) To bring in surreptitiously
  • (transitive) To fondle or cuddle.
  • (slang) To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish smokkelen (smuggle) derived from Middle Dutch smuken, smūken (be sneaky, act secretly) borrowed from German Low German smuggeln inherited from Proto-Germanic *smeuganą (creep, slip through into) derived from Proto-Indo-European *smewk- (slide, slip).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*smewk-

Gloss

slide, slip

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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