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Sneaker

//ˈsnikɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole wordnet
  3. 3
    An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer. Atlantic-Canada, Australia, Florida, New-Zealand, Northeastern, US
  4. 4
    someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police wordnet
  5. 5
    A vessel of drink. UK, archaic, dialectal

    "Spectator I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons!"

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  1. 6
    A large cup (or small basin) with a saucer and cover. India, archaic
  2. 7
    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."

Etymology

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

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