sneak
English
/sniːk/
noun
Definitions
- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
- A cheat; a con artist.
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- (obsolete) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
- (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
- (American football) A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English snīcan (creep, crawl) inherited from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (creep, crawl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*snīkaną
Gloss
creep, crawl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -man English
- -s- English
- antisneakage English
- box English
- cup English
- goal English
- goalsneak English
- sneak-cup English
- sneakage English
- sneakbox English
- sneaker English
- sneakered English
- sneakerhead English
- sneakerization English
- sneakerless English
- sneakerlike English
- sneakernet English
- sneakery English
- sneakest English
- sneaketh English
- sneakily English
- sneakiness English
- sneakish English
- sneakishly English
- sneakishness English
- sneaksman English
- sneaksome English
- sneaky English
- sneak Dutch, Flemish
- sneaken Dutch, Flemish
- *sneyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *snīkaną Proto-Germanic
- スニーカー Japanese
- snican Old English
- snīcan Old English
- sniken Middle English
- sníkja Old Norse
- snige Danish
- snigtyv Danish