sneak

sneak
1. transitive verb
1) (take) stibitzen (fam.)
2) (fig.)

sneak a look at somebody/something — nach jemandem/etwas schielen

3) (bring)

sneak something/somebody into a place — etwas/jemanden in einen Ort schmuggeln

2. intransitive verb
1) (Brit. Sch. sl.): (tell tales) petzen (Schülerspr.)
2) (move furtively) schleichen
3. attributive adjective
1) (without warning)

sneak attack/raid — Überraschungsangriff, der

2)

a sneak preview of the film — eine inoffizielle Vorpremiere des Films

4. noun
(Brit. Sch. sl.) Petze, die (Schülerspr.)
Phrasal Verbs:
- academic.ru/120805/sneak_away">sneak away
- sneak in
- sneak out
- sneak out of
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[sni:k] 1. verb
1) (to go quietly and secretly, especially for a dishonest purpose: He must have sneaked into my room when no-one was looking and stolen the money.) sich schleichen
2) (to take secretly: He sneaked the letter out of her drawer.) heimlich nehmen
2. noun
(a mean, deceitful person, especially a telltale.) die Petze
- sneakers
- sneaking
- sneaky
- sneakiness
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sneak
[sni:k]
I. vi
<-ed or esp AM snuck, -ed or esp AM snuck>
1. (move stealthily) schleichen
to \sneak away [or off] sich akk davonstehlen
to \sneak in/out [sich akk] hinein-/hinausschleichen
to \sneak up on sb/sth sich akk an jdn/etw heranschleichen
2. BRIT (pej fam: denounce) petzen fam
to \sneak on sb jdn verpetzen
II. vt
<-ed or esp AM snuck, -ed or esp AM snuck>
1. (view secretly)
to \sneak a look [or glance] at sb/sth einen verstohlenen Blick auf jdn/etw werfen
2. (move secretly)
to \sneak sb/sth in/out jdn/etw hinein-/herausschmuggeln
III. n BRIT (childspeak pej fam) Petze(r) f(m) pej fam
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[sniːk]
1. n
Schleicher(in) m(f); (dated Brit SCH inf) Petzer m, Petze f (SCH inf)
2. vt

he sneaked a cake off the counter — er klaute or stibitzte einen Kuchen vom Tresen (inf)

to sneak sth into a room — etw in ein Zimmer schmuggeln

to sneak a look at sb/sth — auf jdn/etw schielen

3. vi
1)

to sneak about — herumschleichen

to sneak away or off — sich wegschleichen or -stehlen

to sneak in — sich einschleichen

to sneak past sb — (sich) an jdm vorbeischleichen

to sneak up on sb — sich an jdn heranschleichen

2) (dated Brit SCH inf = tell tales) petzen (inf)

to sneak on sb — jdn verpetzen (inf)

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sneak [sniːk]
A v/i prät und pperf -ed, US auch snuck [snʌk]
1. (sich) schleichen:
sneak about (oder around) herumschleichen;
sneak away (oder off) sich davonschleichen;
sneak up on sb (sich) an jemanden heranschleichen;
sneak out of sth fig sich vor etwas drücken umg
2. huschen, wischen
3. fig pej
a) leisetreten
b) kriechen, katzbuckeln
4. SCHULE Br umg petzen:
sneak on sb jemanden verpetzen
B v/t
1. etwas schmuggeln (into in akk)
2. umg stibitzen:
sneak a drink heimlich einen kippen;
sneak a goal SPORT abstauben;
sneak a look at heimlich einen Blick werfen auf (akk)
3. sneak in (out) ( RADIO, TV) umg langsam ein-(aus)blenden
C s
1. pej
a) Leisetreter(in)
b) Kriecher(in)
2. SCHULE Br umg Petze f
3. on the sneak umg klammheimlich
D adj heimlich:
sneak attack MIL Überraschungsangriff m;
sneak current ELEK Fremdstrom m
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1. transitive verb
1) (take) stibitzen (fam.)
2) (fig.)

sneak a look at somebody/something — nach jemandem/etwas schielen

3) (bring)

sneak something/somebody into a place — etwas/jemanden in einen Ort schmuggeln

2. intransitive verb
1) (Brit. Sch. sl.): (tell tales) petzen (Schülerspr.)
2) (move furtively) schleichen
3. attributive adjective
1) (without warning)

sneak attack/raid — Überraschungsangriff, der

2)

a sneak preview of the film — eine inoffizielle Vorpremiere des Films

4. noun
(Brit. Sch. sl.) Petze, die (Schülerspr.)
Phrasal Verbs:
* * *
v.
heranschleichen v.
schleichen v.
(§ p.,pp.: schlich, ist geschlichen)

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