sneaks

Noun

sneak (plural sneaks)

1. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
   • My little brother is such a sneak; yesterday I caught him trying to look through my diary.
2. The act of sneaking
3. A cheat; a con artist.
   • I can't believe I gave that sneak $50 for a ticket when they were selling for $20 at the front gate.

   Synonyms:

   con artist, trickster, bristler, bunco artist, bunco-steerer, chiseler, confidence artist, confidence trickster, conman, flimflammer

4. An informer; a tell-tale.

   Synonyms:

   abaddon, accuser, beefer, bewrayer, bigmouth, blabber, blabtale, blabtongue, canary, CI

5. (obsolete) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
6. (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
   • We would have been laughed off the street in Philadelphia if we were seen wearing sneaks. In the big city, the young population wore loafers or boots.2014, Faye McKnight, Goodnight, Bob, page 9

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