B2verb · transitive · common

sneak

sneak · sneaks · sneaked / snuck · sneaking

красти, украсти

проскользнуть, стащить, красться, проскальзывать

schleichen, stehlen, (heimlich) wegnehmen, (sich) anschleichen

To creep or go stealthilyTo creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

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/sniːk/

» Tom snuck out of the room.

Том вислизнув з кімнати.

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
He decided to sneak into the kitchen for a second cookie while his mom was on the phone.
schleichen, (sich) anschleichen, sich davonschleichen
кра́стьсяkrástʹsja, проска́льзыватьproskálʹzyvatʹ, проскользну́тьproskolʹznútʹ
(transitive)To take (something) in a surreptitious manner, so as to avoid being noticed.
Near-synonyms: pilfer, filch
I went to sneak a chocolate but my dad caught me.
stehlen, klauen, (heimlich) wegnehmen
стащитьstaščitʹ
put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
(ditransitive)To stealthily bring someone something.
She asked me to sneak her a phone next month.
to go stealthily or furtively
(dated, transitive)To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
sich verdrücken, sich verpissen (vulg.), sich unsichtbar machen
(informal, intransitive, with on)To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
If you sneak on me I'll bash you!
vernadern, verpetzen, melden (einer Autorität)

Examples

381 sentences

Tom snuck out of the room.
Том вислизнув з кімнати. — deniko
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Tom sneaked up behind Mary.
Том підкрався до Мері сзаду. — deniko
ruТом незаметно подкрался к Мэри сзади. — sharptoothed
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Tom snuck up behind Mary.
Том підкрався до Мері сзаду. — deniko
ruТом незаметно подкрался к Мэри сзади. — sharptoothed
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Tom snuck out at night.
Том крадькома утік вночі. — deniko
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Tom sneaked out the back door.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to creep:

to take something surreptitiously:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to creep:

to take something surreptitiously:

to hide in a mean or cowardly manner:

to inform an authority about another's misdemeanours:

Origin

Possibly from Middle English sniken (“to creep, crawl”), from Old English snīcan (“to cree

Possibly from Middle English sniken (“to creep, crawl”), from Old English snīcan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *snīkan, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), of sound-symbolic origin; compare formally unrelated snake, snoop, snook, snoke, and snoot. Cognate with Danish snige (“to sneak”), Swedish snika (“to sneak, hanker after”), Icelandic sníkja (“to sneak, hanker after”). Possibly related to snitch.

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