Sneak

[imp. & p. p. SNEAKED (sneekt); p. pr. & vb. n. SNEAKING.] [A-S. snīcan, snacan, Dan. snige, O. H. Ger. snahan, snahhan. Cf. SNAKE.] 1. To creep or steal away privately; to withdraw meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company. You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. Dryden. 2. To behave with meanness and servility; to crouch; to truckle. Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave. Pope.

v. t. To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] Wake.

n. A mean, sneaking fellow. “A set of . . . superstitious sneaks.” Glanville.