What does sneaking mean?
Definitions for sneaking
ˈsni kɪŋsneak·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sneaking.
Princeton's WordNet
sneaking(a), unavowedadjective
not openly expressed
"a sneaking suspicion"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sneakingparticipial adj.
Etymology: from sneak.
Webster Dictionary
Sneaking
of Sneak
Sneakingadjective
marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sneaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sneaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of sneaking in a Sentence
The conduct alleged here, sneaking around at night, stealing property and vandalizing homes and businesses with acid, glue, and chemicals, is a form of domestic terrorism and can’t be permitted to continue.
We’ve had several people sneaking around there, but we’ve had them sneaking around at night, we’ve never had somebody up there at 5:30 in the afternoon that we know of. They didn’t come up the driveway. They came up a dog trail from the woods. The [police K-9] dog that they used, that’s where the scent took them. Down through the woods, not the driveway. At Ben Hill Road is where the dog’s scent ended.
Faithful: What! why he (Shame) objected against religion itself; he said it was a pitiful, low, sneaking business for a man to mind religion; he said that a tender conscious was an unmanly thing; and that for a man to watch over his words and ways, so as to tie himself up from that hectoring liberty that the brave spirits of the times accustom themselves unto, would make him the ridicule of the times.”
I'm not naive enough to think they're not sneaking around and trying it.
He has been lying to me about everything for all of the 52 years I have known him. ... He spent his whole sinister life lying and sneaking around, so he could carry on his abuse uninterrupted.
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- furtivamenteSpanish
- curigaIndonesian
- ಗುಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿKannada
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