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stealth

Surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledgedSurreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.

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/stɛlθ/

» The silence and stealth of a hungry cat.

Meaning

3 senses

(not comparable)Surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.
(not comparable)Having properties that diminish radar signatures.
(not comparable)Hiding one's transgender status (in general or in specific areas of one's life, e.g. at work) after transition.
go stealth; be stealth; live stealth

Examples

6 sentences

The silence and stealth of a hungry cat.
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I have master stealth skills, like a ninja.
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The cheetah uses a combination of stealth and explosive acceleration to catch its prey.
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Stealth is a leopard's greatest weapon.
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The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.
deDas größte Vergnügen, das ich kenne, ist es, heimlich eine gute Tat zu tun, die dann zufällig entdeckt wird.
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Origin

From Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic *stēliþō, to Prot

From Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic *stēliþō, to Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal, to sneak”) + *-iþō, equivalent to steal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old English stalu (“theft, stealth”), Old High German stāla (“theft”), German Diebstahl (“theft”).

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