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Sneak In

Definition: Sneak In

Sneak In

Verb

1. Enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in".

2. Insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Sneak In

Synonyms: creep in (v), insert (v), slip in (v), stick in (v). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Sneak In

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We sneak in, real quiet-- (Chicken Run; writing credit: Peter Lord; Nick Park)

Call me paranoid but I don't trust spiders, I don't trust Predacons and I don't trust dames who sneak in and out of classified areas when they think that nobody is watching. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

If you were going to take over the world, would you blow up the White House 'Independent's Day' style, or sneak in the back door? (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel)

We could go to the Bronze and sneak in our own teabags and ask for hot water. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sneak In

Language Translations for "sneak in"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

entrer furtivement. (various references)

   

German

  

sich einschmuggeln, sich einschleichen (creep in, slip in, steal in). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπαίνω κρυφά (slink away). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

besompolyog (to edge in, to sneak in), besomfordál (to slink in, to sneak in), beoson (to slink in, to sneak in), belopódzik (steal in, to slink in, to sneak in). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

スナック麺 (circlip, snack noodle, snake, snake dance, snakeskin, snap, snap ring, snapshot, snatch, sneak out, sneak preview, sneaker, snob, snobbism, snooker, snoopy, snorkel, snow, snow boat, snow gun, snow mobile, snow surfing, snow tire, spark, spark plug, sparkling wine, sparring, sparring partner, spatula, sperm bank, spice, spider, spike, spike heel, spiked shoes, spiker, spiky cut, spiral, spurt, spy, studded snow tire). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

スネークイン . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eaksnay inay

   

Romanian

  

intra pe furiş (slink in, steal into). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ušunjati se (cat into, steal into). (various references)

   

Thai

  

หลบเข้าไปเงียบๆ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sneak In

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-n-n-s"

-1 letter: inanes, insane, kinase, sienna.

-2 letters: anise, inane, kains, kanes, kinas, kines, nines, senna, skean, skein, snake, sneak.

-3 letters: ains, akin, anes, anis, inks, inns, kaes, kain, kane, keas, kens, kina, kine, kins, nans, nine, sain, sake, saki, sane, sank, sike, sine, sink, skin.

-4 letters: ain, ais, ane, ani, ask, ens, ink, inn, ins, kae.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-k-n-n-s"
 

+1 letter: sneaking.

 

+2 letters: lankiness, nicknames, ninebarks, snakeskin, spinnaker, wakenings.

 

+3 letters: crankiness, nicknamers, slackening, snakeskins, sneakiness, sneakingly, spinnakers, swankiness, unsinkable, unspeaking.

 

+4 letters: aniseikonia, aniseikonic, barkentines, blackenings, enkephalins, lankinesses, noisemaking, nonsinkable, nonspeaking, plainspoken, snakebitten, winemakings.

 

+5 letters: aniseikonias, crankinesses, enterokinase, frankincense, franklinites, kneecappings, linebackings, moneymakings, noisemakings, pickaninnies, prankishness, sneakinesses, swankinesses, undertakings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Sneak In


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6E 65 61 6B      49 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101110 01100101 01100001 01101011 00100000 01001001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#110 &#101 &#97 &#107 &#32 &#73 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006E 0065 0061 006B      0049 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

538071677724380

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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