Defn: To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander] sneaks its head." Wake.
SNEAK
Sneak, n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow. A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. Glanvill.
2. (Cricket)
Defn: A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; — called also grub. [Cant] R. A. Proctor.
SNEAK-CUP
Sneak"-cup`, n.
Defn: One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. [Obs.]
Shak.
SNEAK CURRENT
Sneak current. (Elec.)
Defn: A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or to injure at once telegraph or telephone instruments, will in time burn them out.
SNEAKER
Sneak"er, n.