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sneakadjective undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by othersa sneak attack on the nation's capitol backstairs, behind-the-scenes, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, private, privy, secret, sneaking, sneaky, stealth, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded back-channel, closed-door, off-the-books, off-the-recordclassified, confidential, restricted, top secret, undisclosedconcealed, hidden, secreted, subterranean, unadvertised, unexposed open, overt, public acknowledged, avowedaboveboard, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguisedunclassified, unrestrictedclear, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain sneaknounsomeone who acts in a sly and secret manner"Why, you little sneak," the mother exclaimed, "you made my birthday present right under my nose!" lurker, skulk, skulker, slyboots, sneaker skunk, snake, weaselsharper, sharpie(or sharpy), slicker, swindlersnoop, snooper, spystalker sneakverbto move about in a sly or secret mannerthe little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, steal crawl, creep, edge, inch, wormghost, pad, tiptoe to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever waysneak the topic into the conversation any way you can infiltrate, insinuate, slip, wind, work in, worm, wriggle creep, edge, wiggleinsert, interpolate, interpose, introduce v.lurk, skulk, slink, sneak mean to behave so as to escape attention.lurk implies a lying in wait in a place of concealment and often suggests an evil intent.suspicious men lurking in alleyways skulk suggests more strongly cowardice or fear or sinister intent.something skulking in the shadows slink implies moving stealthily often merely to escape attention.slunk around the corner sneak may add an implication of entering or leaving a place or evading a difficulty by furtive or underhanded methods.sneaked out early in 1594 |