sneaker

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsnikɚ/

Definition of sneaker

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who sneaks.
    “Beshrew the man who on such a day as this, the general festival, should affect to stand aloof. I am none of those sneakers. I am free of the corporation, and care not who knows it.”
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noun

  1. One who sneaks.
    “Beshrew the man who on such a day as this, the general festival, should affect to stand aloof. I am none of those sneakers. I am free of the corporation, and care not who knows it.”
  2. (Atlantic-Canada, Australia, Florida, New-Zealand, Northeastern, US)An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.
  3. (UK, archaic, dialectal)A vessel of drink.
    “Spectator I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons!”
  4. (India, archaic)A large cup (or small basin) with a saucer and cover.
  5. A sneaker male.
    “These sneakers may go on this way indefinitely, or, if one of the big males somehow dies or disappears, a sneaker male's hormones will trigger a huge growth spurt and he'll metamorphose into an alpha male.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From sneak + -er. The shoes sense is a reference to the quietness of the shoes.

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