snuck

[snuhk]

1. a past participle and simple past tense of sneak.

snuck

/ snʌk /

verb

1. not_standard,  a past tense and past participle of sneak

Usage

See sneak.

Example Sentences

My tongue felt like someone had snuck a paperweight inside it.

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Yale, 7-2, snuck into the rankings this week at No. 25.

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The children wondered if she might have snuck up to her room on the fourth floor, to read for a bit while nibbling on a piece of licorice.

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Moments later, his siblings snuck up behind him, bearing imaginary daggers.

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The children giggled at the way their clever governess had snuck the lesson in nevertheless.

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Related Words

• ambush 
• crawl 
• creep 
• evade 
• hide 
• slink 
• slip 
• slither 
• smuggle 
• steal 

When To Use

What's the difference between snuck and sneaked?

Both snuck and sneaked are acceptable past tense forms of the verb sneak.Historically, sneaked (which is older) has been the more widely accepted version, with snuck being considered nonstandard, but snuck has a long history of use and is now very common.Sneaked uses the regular past tense ending -ed, while snuck is an irregular verb. Irregular verbs don’t follow a set pattern in the forms of their different tenses, as in take/took/taken and sing/sang/sung.Sneaked is more commonly used (and often preferred) in more formal contexts (though the word sneak itself can sound a bit informal).Here are examples of how snuck and sneaked can be used interchangeably.Example with snuck: When I was a kid, I once snuck into a movie theater, but I got caught.Example with sneaked: When I was a kid, I once sneaked into a movie theater, but I got caught.Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between snuck and sneaked.