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adjective

ˈsnē-kiŋ How to pronounce sneaking (audio)
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1
as in shady
given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions never let one of those sneaking salespeople into your house

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2
as in sneak
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others harbored a sneaking admiration for his chief business rival

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3
as in lame
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust a sneaking two-timer who has completely lost his wife's trust

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sneaking

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verb

present participle of sneak
1
as in lurking
to move about in a sly or secret manner the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed

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2
as in infiltrating
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneaking
  1. shady
  2. lame
  3. lurking
  4. infiltrating
  5. sneaky
  6. clandestine
  7. dirty
  8. slipping
Adjective
  • When temperatures start to warm in spring, begin to harden off the plant by placing it in a shady spot during the daytime.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Ji Chang-wook, who plays a shady broker, is bloodied and battered from the beginning of the series to the end.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of shady
Adjective
  • As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
  • My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.
    Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
Definition of lame
Verb
  • This indicated not only a black hole lurking at the center of this galaxy but that object was bizarrely rotated at a 90-degree angle to NGC 5084.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Only last year, one Texas woman found a rattlesnake lurking in her toilet, and another also found a rat snake poking out from the U-bend.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • The stakes are not purely about data breaches impacting consumers or ransomware infiltrating a network; there’s also the layer of patient safety.
    Christian Espinosa, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Evolution Of Zero Trust In the high-profile SolarWinds breach of 2019, attackers compromised the SolarWinds software, infiltrating numerous governmental and private organizations.
    Danny Jenkins, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of infiltrating
Adjective
  • Indeed, at a welcoming dinner in Harrison’s mansion, Erzsébet swiftly puts the condescending and clueless guests away with her words, delivered with strength, dignity and sneaky bemusement.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • There are several sneaky growth plays with fair prices heading into next year, according to a recent Goldman Sachs analysis.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of sneaky
Adjective
  • For many young adults, the season of joy was a clandestine opportunity to enjoy their favorite herb in a hush-hush, counterculture way.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What the seventh art has been notoriously bad at is exploring the concept of female desire, in all of its complexities and clandestine, dark-corner complications.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of clandestine
Adjective
  • From savory breads and rolls for sandwiches and soup-sopping to decadent sweet loaves and rolls for breakfast or dessert, the easy recipes give you a break while your mixer does the dirty work.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The Romans liked to give the appearance of civilized rule by getting local thugs to do their dirty work.
    N.T. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of dirty
Verb
  • Thanks to the film’s costume designer Arianne Phillips, the star is a total dead-ringer for Dylan on the big screen, slipping into his effortlessly-cool wardrobe of Levi’s flares, leather blazers, and silk shirts.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Taylor also struggled as a receiver out of the backfield, slipping once and dropping two passes, one of which the Dolphins nearly turned into an interception.
    Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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