Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sneak
Participle: sneaked
Gerund: sneaking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sneak |
| you | sneak |
| he;she;it | sneaks |
| we | sneak |
| you | sneak |
| they | sneak |
Perfect
| I | have sneaked |
| you | have sneaked |
| he;she;it | has sneaked |
| we | have sneaked |
| you | have sneaked |
| they | have sneaked |
Past
| I | sneaked |
| you | sneaked |
| he;she;it | sneaked |
| we | sneaked |
| you | sneaked |
| they | sneaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had sneaked |
| you | had sneaked |
| he;she;it | had sneaked |
| we | had sneaked |
| you | had sneaked |
| they | had sneaked |
Future
| I | will sneak |
| you | will sneak |
| he;she;it | will sneak |
| we | will sneak |
| you | will sneak |
| they | will sneak |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sneaked |
| you | will have sneaked |
| he;she;it | will have sneaked |
| we | will have sneaked |
| you | will have sneaked |
| they | will have sneaked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sneak |
| you | sneak |
| he;she;it | sneak |
| we | sneak |
| you | sneak |
| they | sneak |
Perfect
| I | have sneaked |
| you | have sneaked |
| he;she;it | have sneaked |
| we | have sneaked |
| you | have sneaked |
| they | have sneaked |
Imperfect
| I | sneaked |
| you | sneaked |
| he;she;it | sneaked |
| we | sneaked |
| you | sneaked |
| they | sneaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had sneaked |
| you | had sneaked |
| he;she;it | had sneaked |
| we | had sneaked |
| you | had sneaked |
| they | had sneaked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sneak |
| you | would sneak |
| he;she;it | would sneak |
| we | would sneak |
| you | would sneak |
| they | would sneak |
Perfect
| I | would have sneaked |
| you | would have sneaked |
| he;she;it | would have sneaked |
| we | would have sneaked |
| you | would have sneaked |
| they | would have sneaked |
Imperative
| you | sneak |
| we | Let's sneak |
| you | sneak |
Verbs conjugated like 'sneak'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sneak'
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Possibly from Middle English sniken (“to creep, crawl”), from Old English snīcan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *snīkan, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), of sound-symbolic origin; compare formally unrelated snake, snoop, snook, snoke, and snoot. Cognate with Danish snige (“to sneak”), Swedish snika (“to sneak, hanker after”), Icelandic sníkja (“to sneak, hanker after”). Possibly related to snitch. See: Proto-Germanic '
*snīkaną', Danish '
snige', Swedish '
snika', Icelandic '
sníkja'.
Verbs referencing "sneak"
Dutch
sneaken, Danish
snige.
Sample Sentences
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He decided to sneak into the kitchen for a second cookie while his mom was on the phone.
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Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century." [1885 July 9, The Hamilton Spectator, page 4:]
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Near-synonyms: pilfer, filch
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I went to sneak a chocolate but my dad caught me.
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She asked me to sneak her a phone next month.
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[Slander] sneaks its head. [1701, William Wake, A rationale upon some texts of Scripture:]
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If you sneak on me I'll bash you!