sneaking Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to go stealthily or furtively
    pussyfoot; mouse; sneak; creep.
    • ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
  2. verb put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
    sneak.
    • sneak a look
    • sneak a cigarette
  3. verb make off with belongings of others
    pilfer; filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.
  4. verb pass on stealthily
    sneak; slip.
    • He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
  5. adjective satellite not openly expressed
    unavowed.
    • a sneaking suspicion

WordNet

Sneak"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv. -- Sneak"ing*ness, n.

Webster 1913