Sneak

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A mean, sneaking fellow. A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. Glanvill.

2. A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub. [Cant] R. A. Proctor.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company. imp. & p. p. "snuck" is more common now, but not even mentioned here. In MW10, simply "sneaked or snuck" You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. Dryden.

2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander] sneaks its head." Wake.