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snuck in

snuck in is the simple past and past participle of sneak in.

Meaning of sneak in

Verb

sneak in (third-person singular simple present sneaks in, present participle sneaking in, simple past and past participle sneaked in or (informal, chiefly US) snuck in)

  1. To enter without being noticed.
    • I'm going to try to sneak in by the back door.
  2. To barely advance or be allowed entry in a competition or organization despite minimal credentials or competitors thought to be superior.
    • With Newport's team suffering from injuries, Springfield was able to sneak in to the quarter-finals.
  3. To take (something) in covertly; to smuggle.
    • He had sneaked the alcohol in and was now handing it out to his friends.
  4. To insert (words, ideas, etc.) into something without drawing attention to it.
    • His ideas got snuck in to the final draft.
    Synonyms:
    wind

Questions about snuck in

What is snuck in the simple past and past participle of?
Snuck in is the simple past and past participle of sneak in.

Words near snuck in in the dictionary

  1. snubnosed revolvers
  2. snubproof
  3. snubs
  4. snuck
  5. snuck around
  6. snuck in
  7. snuck out
  8. snuck past
  9. snuck up
  10. snucken
  11. snudge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snuck in (page history and authors); sneak in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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