sneak

Definition

  • verb: to move quietly and secretly in order to avoid being noticed
  • verb: to go stealthily or furtively
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: slink, crouch, sneaker

Examples

  • As a teenager she would 'sneak' out (of her house/apartment) at night to visit her boyfriend.

  • I'm going to 'sneak' a smoke. [=I'm going to smoke a cigarette while nobody is watching]

  • She took a 'sneak peek' [=a secret look] at the birthday presents hidden in the closet.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I wanted to drop a bomb. But people didn't believe in this lead enough to drop a bomb. So, they're using you guys, as canaries, in a theory that if bin Laden isn't there, you can sneak away, - and no one will be the wiser. - Hmm. But bin Laden, is there. And you're gonna kill him for me. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty