Sneaker

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  • noun. One who sneaks.
  • noun. A shoe designed for outdoor activity, usually made of canvas with a rubber sole.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who sneaks; one who wants spirit; a sneak.
  • noun. A drinking-vessel: a kind of punch-bowl.
  • noun. Same as grub, 4.
  • noun. plural Low heelless canvas shoes with rubber soles.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who sneaks.
  • noun. A vessel of drink.
  • noun. A type of soft shoe with a flat, pliable, typically rubber or other soft sole, and canvas-like upper, used in sports such as tennis, or for comfort. Called sneaker because they give no warning of one's approach. Usually used in the pl.
  • noun. A punch bowl.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who sneaks.
  • noun. An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole.
  • noun. A vessel of drink.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  • noun. a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
    • Word Usage
    "The word sneaker entered the language in the 1870s; the rubber soles made the shoes quiet and therefore "sneaky.""
    cross-reference
    plimsoll  runner  tennis shoe  trainer  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    betrayer  blabber  informer  rat  squealer  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Speaker  beaker  bleaker  leaker  meaker  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Jeans  Windbreaker  blouse  cardigan  khakis  
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