sneaky Pete
A sneaky person.
“You may have fooled him, 'cause he has the IQ of a Russian toilet, but I know you're up to something, aren't you, you little sneaky Pete?” “Okay, Colin, if I tell you something--”
sneaky
/ˈsniːki/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
enough, hard, lately, sure
VERB + SNEAKY
isn't, matter, think
ADV.
easily, quite
Definitions
adj
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.
2
Dishonest; deceitful.
They played a sneaky trick on us.
A contribution to a wall newspaper of which I was an editor in our sector poked fun at the never-changing menu in the school cafeteria. It centred on the various and devious methods used in serving us hamburger. One time it would be called hamburger, another time bifshtek, then cutlet, and sneakiest of all, schnitzel—the only difference among them was usually only in their shape or whether bread crumbs had been used.
noun
1
Any 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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
- furtive
- stealthy
- surreptitious
adjective — marked by deception
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
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Be sneaky. Fish frighten easily.
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Some fans may have mistaken the album’s floatiness for aimlessness, but Mr. Mercer’s songs have never been sneakier, or prettier.
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[…] 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.
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[…] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.
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No matter how sneaky you are, you can never surprise yourself.
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