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Definition of Sneak in

1. Verb. Enter surreptitiously. "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"

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

Definition of Sneak in

1. Verb. To enter without being noticed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneak In

snaw snawed snawing snaws snazz up snazzier snazziest snazzily snazziness snazztastic

snazzy sneads sneak sneak(a) sneak away sneak in (current term) sneak off sneak out sneak peek sneak preview

sneak thief sneak up sneak up on sneakbox sneakboxes sneaked sneaker sneakered sneakerhead sneakerheads

Literary usage of Sneak in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian by John Adolphus (1839)
"Bannister plays the Lieutenant, —Jerry Sneak, in The Mayor of Garratt.—End of the Season, —and of the Theatre.—Observations on its structure and size. ..."

2. Equipped for the Future: A Customer-Driven Vision for Adult Literacy by Sondra Gayle Stein (1996)
"I would say a lot, anything requires literacy and you need to learn and not give illiteracy a chance to sneak in on you. Because of this Technology ..."

3. The Stuttering Bard of York by R. Purdy (2006)
"We must sneak in, I think." "Well," Ernie said grumpily. "At least that idea doesn't involve ... I can sneak out any time I want and I can sneak in. ..."

4. Encyclopedia of Comedy: For Professional Entertainers, Social Clubs by James Melville Janson (1899)
"I did not sneak in, I was invited, and had the place of honor at the head of the table. END.—Yes, wiping the dishes. INT.—I'll never forget that supper. ..."

5. Encyclopedia of Comedy: For Professional Entertainers, Social Clubs by James Melville Janson (1899)
"I did not sneak in, I was invited, and had the place of honor at the head of the table. END.—Yes, wiping the dishes. INT.—I'll never forget that supper. ..."

6. The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its by Henry Martyn Dexter, Andover Theological Seminary (1880)
"... you that it has been usual — almost universal — to brand Robert Browne as an ambitious bigot in his earlier, and a contemptible sneak in his later, ..."

7. The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its by Henry Martyn Dexter, Andover Theological Seminary (1880)
"... and a contemptible sneak in his later, years; with the easy if not inevitable inference that he must have been a hypocrite through all. ..."

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