-n. 6. scrap, shred, remnant, tatter, fragment, splinter, chunk, chink, chip, smithereen; snip, snippet, slice, sliver, shaving, rasher; piece, corner, cantle, fraction, section, segment, part, portion, ration; bit, particle, morsel, crumb, ort, wisp, drib, drab, SI. sniggie; sample, specimen, dose, taste, mouthful, handful, few, some; whip, iota, speck, grain, modicum, moiety, mite, micron, molecule, atom, trace.
7. spell, fit, stroke, brief period; outburst, outbreak, explosion, eruption, furor,
sneak, v. 1. skulk, slink, steal, sidle, prowl, pad, pussyfoot, walk on eggshells, creep, U.S. SI. gumshoe. 2. Informal, grab, Inf. catch, slip in, work in, fit in. -n. 3. snake in the grass, skulker, sneaker; scoundrel, dastard, craven, poltroon, Archaic, caitiff.
4. Informal. French leave, stealthy departure, Obs. steath; quick exit, hasty retreat.
5. sneaks Informal, sneakers, tennis shoes, gym shoes, boat shoes, Brit, plimsolls, Inf. high tops, Si. jimmies; All Trademark. Converse, SI. Cons, Keds or Pro-keds, P.F. Flyers, Pumas, Adidas, Top-Siders.
sneaking, adj. 1. furtive, underhand, underhanded, sneaky; covert, clandestine, sly, undercover, stealthy, surreptitious, feline, back-alley, back-door.
2. devious, insidious, disingenuous, guileful; tricky, crooked, dishonest, shifty, slippery, Inf. shady, Inf left-hand; unethical, dishonorable, unscrupulous, unprincipled, double-dealing, two-faced, deceitful; contemptible, beneath contempt, despicable, base, vile.
3. secret, private, hidden, concealed, veiled, Inf. cov-ered-up, suppressed; unconfessed, unavowed, unadmitted, .unvoiced, unrevealed, undivulged, undisclosed, unexpressed, intuitive, innate, inherent.
sneer, v. 1. fleer, look askance; smirk, snicker, curl one's lip.
2. scoff, gibe, mock, jeer, twit, taunt, hoot, laugh in [s.o.'s] face, SI. knock, SI. dig; scorn, hold up to scorn, revile, ridicule, deride, contemn, hold in contempt, despise; snort, sniff, turn up one's nose at, thumb one's nose at, spit upon, Inf. sneeze at.
-n. 3. fleer, smirk, snicker, sardonic grin; snort, sniff; gibe, jeer, taunt, twit, wisecrack, Inf. brickbat, SI. dig; insult, slight, offense, slap in the face,
sneeze, v. 1.
sneeze at Informal, make light of, laugh off, wink at, ridicule, mock; scoff at, disregard, pay no attention to, be indifferent or apathetic toward; ignore, dismiss, reject, brush off; scorn, disdain, look down one's nose at, sniff at.
-n. 2. sternutation, achoo, kerchoo.
snicker, v. snigger, laugh under one's breath or to oneself, laugh up or in one's sleeve, chuckle, show one's amusement; te-hee, titter, giggle, cackle, chirp, chirrup; laugh at, mock, make fun of; smirk, grin, smile at, simper, mouth, SI. mug, Archaic, mow; sneer, curl one's lip at, make a face,
sniff, v. 1. snuff, snuffle, inhale, breathe in, take in air, whiff; sniffle, snivel.
2. smell, smell in the air, get a whiff of, perceive or detect the aroma or odor of, catch the scent of; smell out, trace, track, trail.
3. sniff at turn one's nose up at, scoff at, flout, disdain, scorn, treat with contempt, contemn; look down one's nose at, look down upon, consider beneath oneself, condescend to, Inf. high-hat; snub, slight, ignore, pay no attention to, disregard; rebuff, reject, spurn, scout.
snip, v. 1. cut, snick, nick, slit, incise, cut into, gash, slash.
2. clip, trim, crop, prune, cut back; remove, cut off, lop off, dock, chop off.
-n. 3. small cut, nick, snick, slit, incision, gash, slash.
4. small piece, slice, bit, snippet, cutting; scrap, tatter, fragment, remnant, shred, snatch, fritter; morsel, crumb, taste, sample, mouthful, bite, thimbleful, sip, sup; grain, granule, fleck, speck, touch, trifle, mite, smidgen, Inf. smitch, jot, dot, dab.
