verb
Meaning 1
To enter without being noticed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm going to try to sneak in by the back door.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
sneak in
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verb
Meaning 2
To barely advance or be allowed entry in a competition or organization despite minimal credentials or competitors thought to be superior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- With Newport's team suffering from injuries, Springfield was able to sneak in to the quarter-finals.
- Despite a mediocre grade in English, Pat just managed to sneak in to the university.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To take (something) in covertly; to smuggle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He had sneaked the alcohol in and was now handing it out to his friends.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To insert (words, ideas, etc.) into something without drawing attention to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His ideas got snuck in to the final draft.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wind
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
insert casually
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She slipped in a reference to her own work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slip in, stick in, insert
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: add, append, supply
Narrower terms: spatchcock
verb
Meaning 6
enter surreptitiously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He sneaked in under cover of darkness
- In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: creep in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: penetrate, perforate
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: livahtaa sisään — to enter without being noticed
- French: entrer en douce — to enter without being noticed
- Italian: intrufolarsi — to enter without being noticed
- Japanese: 忍び込む (shinobikomu) — to enter without being noticed
- Russian: прокра́дываться (prokrádyvatʹsja) — to enter without being noticed
- Russian: прокра́сться (prokrástʹsja) — to enter without being noticed
- Spanish: colarse — to enter without being noticed
- Spanish: meterse nomás — to enter without being noticed
- Spanish: meterse a escondidas — to enter without being noticed
- Spanish: meter a hurtadillas — to enter without being noticed
- Spanish: colearse — to enter without being noticed
- Spanish: burlar — to enter without being noticed