Sneak /(snēk)/

imp. & p. p. Sneaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking

1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

   You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.

2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.

1. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.]

1. A mean, sneaking fellow.

   A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.

2. A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub. (Cricket) [Cant]