sneaky
adjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈsniːki//
Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
adjectif
- 1
Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
Be sneaky. Fish frighten easily.
Some fans may have mistaken the album’s floatiness for aimlessness, but Mr. Mercer’s songs have never been sneakier, or prettier.
- 2
Dishonest; deceitful.
They played a sneaky trick on us.
Irish car bombs were a sneaky drink—they tasted like a chocolate milk shake, and more than once he'd been seduced into drinking several of them. It was only after he stood up that he realized how much of a wallop they packed.
Étymologie
Etymology tree English sneak Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sneaky From sneak + -y.
nom
- 1
argotAny device used for covert surveillance.
[…] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.
[…] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.
Formes
- pluriel
- sneakies
- comparatif
- sneakier
- superlatif
- sneakiest
sneaky · Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
sneeze · To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.sneezing · The act of producing a sneeze.snickering · The act of one who snickers.