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Difference Between Sneaked and Snuck

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Sneaked

To go or move in a quiet, stealthy way.

Snuck

A past tense and a past participle of sneak. See Usage Note at sneak.

Sneaked

To behave in a cowardly or servile manner.

Snuck

Simple past tense and past participle of sneak
I snuck into the theater because the movie had already started.

Sneaked

To move, give, take, or put in a quiet, stealthy manner
Sneak candy into one's mouth.
Sneaked a look at the grade sheet.

Sneaked

A person regarded as stealthy, cowardly, or underhanded.
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Sneaked

An instance of sneaking; a quiet, stealthy movement.

Sneaked

(Informal) A sneaker.

Sneaked

Carried out in a clandestine manner
Sneak preparations for war.

Sneaked

Perpetrated without warning
A sneak attack.

Sneaked

Simple past tense and past participle of sneak

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