The meaning of Sneaks

noun

A small hound of a breed with a short coat, used for hunting hares.

Usage examples:

Areas of disagreement is that the impact of hunting with hounds and beagles, we are not actually qu…

verb

Hunt with beagles.

Usage examples:

He used to go beagling

noun

A dog with short hair, a black, brown, and white coat, short legs, and long ears

Usage examples:

Snoopy is the world's most famous beagle.

noun

A person who is not loyal to their country or to another person, often doing something harmful such as giving information to an enemy

Usage examples:

Betrayers of the nation's interests, judas iscariot is remembered as christ's betrayer., she hadn't…

verb

Inform on someone; tell tales.

Usage examples:

The scam went on for two weeks until disgruntled neighbours clyped on him

noun

An informer.

Usage examples:

I've just accused one of my granddaughters of being a clype and she didn't know what it meant.

verb

Move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.

Usage examples:

He crept downstairs, hardly making any noise

noun

A detestable person.

Usage examples:

I thought he was a nasty little creep

verb

Move slowly

noun

The outside limit of an object, area, or surface.

Usage examples:

A willow tree at the water's edge

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

Usage examples:

The pool is edged with paving

verb

A line determining the limits of an area

noun

An unpleasant or contemptible person.

Usage examples:

But what makes the documentary enron: the smartest guys in the room more riveting than anything hol…

verb

Inform on (someone) to the authorities.

Usage examples:

There was no shortage of people willing to fink on their neighbours

noun

Someone who tells secret and damaging information about someone else, or an unpleasant person

Usage examples:

Kelly's such a fink - she told mom i was smoking again.

noun

A silly or flirtatious young woman.

Usage examples:

A raven-haired fizgig

noun

Vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.

Usage examples:

The ground was mostly barren with just short grass, where no vegetation dared to grow.

verb

Cover (an area of ground) with grass.

Usage examples:

The railway tracks were mostly grassed over

noun

A low, green plant with narrow leaves growing naturally over much of the earth’s surface

Usage examples:

[ u ] are you going to cut the grass?, [ c ] wildflowers and grasses of the great plains thrive wit…

noun

A person who informs on another person to the police or other authority.

Usage examples:

The prosecutors knew the case details as provided by the undercover police officers, the informers …

noun

A person who tells esp. the police about someone’s criminal activities

noun

A police informer.

Usage examples:

I'm not a copper's nark

verb

Cause annoyance to.

Usage examples:

Women like her nark me

noun

Another term for narc.

noun

The part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling.

Usage examples:

He slowly breathed out the air through his nose

verb

(of an animal) thrust its nose against or into something.

Usage examples:

The pony nosed at the straw

noun

The part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, through which you breathe and smell

Usage examples:

A large/long/pointed nose, i had a sore throat and a runny nose (= liquid coming out of the nose).,…

noun

A thick piece of soft material, typically used to protect or shape something, or to absorb liquid.

Usage examples:

A pad of cotton wool

verb

Fill or cover (something) with soft material in order to protect it or its contents, make it more comfortable, or give it a particular shape.

Usage examples:

The boxing gloves are padded with impact-resistant foam rubber

noun

The soft dull sound of steady steps.

Usage examples:

He heard the pad of feet

noun

A man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking a percentage of their earnings in return.

Usage examples:

She used to drive even prostitutes and their pimps to clients but, as she says, ‘now they have got …

verb

Act as a pimp.

Usage examples:

He was a good-looking guy, and some said he pimped on the side

verb

Act in a cautious or non-committal way.

Usage examples:

I realized i could no longer pussyfoot around

verb

To be careful about expressing an opinion or taking action, esp. because you might hurt someone’s feelings

Usage examples:

Quit pussyfooting around and tell me what you really think.

noun

A flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects.

Usage examples:

The pieces were displayed on shelves, propped against the wall, emphasizing their three-dimensional…

verb

Inform on (someone).

Usage examples:

He never shelfed a man in his life

noun

A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

verb

Move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.

Usage examples:

She slid down the bank into the water

noun

A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.

Usage examples:

Anna played on the slide

verb

Move smoothly along a surface

verb

Move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy or sensuous manner.

Usage examples:

The fox came slinking through the bracken

noun

A slinking movement or walk.

Usage examples:

She moved with a sensuous slink

verb

To walk or leave quietly, esp. because you do not want to be noticed or are ashamed of something

Usage examples:

I was so embarrassed that i tried to slink away.

verb

Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

I slipped over on the ice

noun

An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

A single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside

noun

A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Usage examples:

His monthly salary slip

verb

Steal.

Usage examples:

He snitched the umbrella for when he went fishing

noun

An informer.

Usage examples:

They thought he was a plant or a snitch

verb

Give away information about somebody

noun

The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal.

Usage examples:

A sea lion balanced a ball on its snout

noun

The nose and mouth that stick out from the face of some animals

Usage examples:

A dog’s snout

verb

Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Usage examples:

Thieves stole her bicycle

noun

A bargain.

Usage examples:

At £59.95 it's an absolute steal

verb

Take without the owner's consent

noun

Short for stool pigeon.

noun

A person, especially a criminal, who gives the police a lot of information about the activities of criminals, especially serious ones

verb

Walk quietly and carefully with one's heels raised and one's weight on the balls of the feet.

Usage examples:

Liz tiptoed out of the room

verb

To walk with your heels raised off the ground

Usage examples:

She tiptoed out of the room so she wouldn’t wake him., he had to stand on his tiptoes to reach the …

verb

Attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach.

Usage examples:

Sanjay was touting his wares

noun

A person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit.

Usage examples:

That is unless you're prepared to shell out a hefty sum to a ticket tout.

determiner

Used before the name of a city to refer to its high society or people of importance.

Usage examples:

Le tout washington adored him

noun

A person who tells someone in authority about something illegal that is happening, esp. in a business or government

noun

A person who works for a company or organization that tells an authority about something illegal happening within the company or organization

Usage examples:

Within many organisations a whistleblower is contemptuously regarded as a 'grass' or 'sneak'., loca…