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Definition of sneak adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sneak

adjective
 
/sniːk/
 
/sniːk/
[only before noun]
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  1. done without any warning
    • a sneak attack
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySneak is used with these nouns:
    • attack
    • pee
    • preview
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably dialect; perhaps related to obsolete snike ‘to creep’.
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