Definitions
Etymologies
- The irregular form snuck originated by analogy of struck for the past of strike. Snuck was originally limited to a few dialects, but is now very widespread (especially in American English) and is recognized by most dictionaries. The word is now one of the best examples of irregularization of a regular verb, along with dove. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The title snuck up on us with very little hype, so when news of its impending release broke last month we were caught by surprise.”
“Anybody notice the name snuck into the middle of the list?”
None Of Republican Moderates Who "Warned" Bush Voted For Iraq Bill
“Brit graffiti artist "Banksy" once again snuck his own art onto museum walls, this time in New York.”
“fyi -- little man's name snuck in up there. . . if you're worried about that sort of thing”
“Oh, I forgot this is the same Mayor who called an immediate press conference, said Planned Parenthood deserved a occupancy permit when they so-called "snuck" their way into town, after he received a phone call from a Democratic bigwig, after PP lied to Alderman Lynda Elmore stating they weren't "sure who the tenant will be" after building a medical office with 13 recovery rooms (more recovery rooms than area hospitals).”
“It doesn't matter whether you are religious or not or have an opinion about abortion even if you don't give a crap about what goes on at PP, the Aurora city council just spoke volumes about whether PP really "snuck" into Aurora with this vote and with Sieben being sent away so he could not answer any questions about the zoning violations.”
“On the red carpet they pooled all the fansites together (six in all) into one clump and we were allowed one question as a group (but we kind of snuck in two).”
“It wasn't supposed to have a plot, but well, one kind of snuck in there anyway.”
“She asks me to stay there for a second while she figures out how I - get this - "snuck" my cat onto the plane.”
Continental Gate Agent Tells Passenger She Thinks Her Mental Illness Is Fake - The Consumerist
“Wyrdsmiths had talked about attending, but I think most of us wanted to go for somewhat dubious reasons (think various writer/fan squabbles,) and honestly, the weekend kind of snuck up on me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘snuck’.
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Americanism
American words
finest, fast food, acclimate, aluminum, alphabetize, airplane, affirmative action, arugula, backhoe, bangs, base board, bayou and 162 more...
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How She Entered the Room
Meant to be added to the word 'in' example 'burst in'
burst, swept, came, jumped, broke, flew, flitted, billowed, gallumphed, staggered, wafted, lurched and 39 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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AbraxasZugzwang's Words
atavism, abraxas, sisyphean, frust, fetus-in-fetu, arhythmically, queef, epidemiology, abecedarian, troglodyte, chiaroscuro, philology and 631 more...
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Favorite Verbs and Verb Forms
Culling my main Favorites list, and noticing how few of my favorite words are verbs. I'll have to work on that...
stupefy, eschew, gurgle, affianced, imbue, disconcerting, schlep, begrimed, wizened, woolgathering, lounge, flank and 94 more...
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5-1
Hecko, words! Thanks for staying with me. :-)
avenue, viscous, zeroth, usher, scarcely, viability, snout, sole, purify, riotous, menace, moist and 364 more...
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Well, Everyone Else Has A Hate-List, ...
When I rule the planet, the undermentioned items shall all be corrrected or expunged. In some cases I don't like the item from a linguistic point of view, in others I don't like what the item repre...
big-box store, ms, wonderation, disinterest, milquetoast, emoticon, herstory, australia, zero-sum game, specialism, assessable, pebblecrete and 52 more...
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words of merge and emerge
merge, emerging, immerse, submerge, merganser, mesh, mustard, deep, depth, dip, python, typhon and 80 more...
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Ugly
Something about these words doesn't make me feel good.
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atapizdun a funny video about Jennifer Gardner correcting Conan O'Brien that sunck isn't a correct word only to be shot back by Conan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q51ld-scMI8&feature=related Jan 26, 2012
atapizdun Which is correct: snuck or sneaked?
Snuck is used in American and Canadian English as the past tense and past participle of sneak, but it is considered non-standard, i.e., ol for dialectal and informal speech and writing. The standard past tense is sneaked. Snuck is relatively new, an Americanism introduced in the late 19th century. The opposite has occurred to the past form of slink. Slunk was long the standard form, but then slinked appeared and is encroaching on slunk. Slinked is considered non-standard. Style guides at some of the biggest newspapers in Canada and the United States - including the Globe and Mail (1998) and the New York Times (1999) - ban snuck. But snuck may tiptoe into more formal writing over the years.
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g08.html Jan 26, 2012
bilby snuck = yuck. Aug 12, 2008
reesetee I also prefer sneaky over snucky. Mar 28, 2008
chained_bear No, yarb, it listed "sneaked" first and "snuck" as an acceptable alternative. "Sneaked" certainly sounds more formal and therefore perhaps more correct. But as I said, in this case... either one is just... ick. Mar 28, 2008
seanahan I prefer "Booth snuck up on Lincoln" over "Booth sneaked up on Lincoln". Mar 28, 2008
reesetee Booth snuck? Mar 27, 2008
yarb I use sneaked. Am I wrong? Mar 26, 2008
chained_bear past tense of sneak. Merriam-Webster says it's acceptable, but I took it out of a text today anyway. At least an ancillary reason, besides its vaguely obscene sound, is that it was being used in reference to Booth's assassination of Lincoln. Mar 26, 2008