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sneaker

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noun/ˈsnikɚ/
  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

    An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.Atlantic-CanadaAustraliaFlorida

    • He was wearing a stained white singlet that revealed tufts of black hair under his arms, and slept-in white canvas trousers and rubber-soled sneakers.
  3. 3

    A vessel of drink.UKarchaicdialectal

    • Spectator I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons!
  4. 4

    A large cup (or small basin) with a saucer and cover.Indiaarchaic

  5. 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.

syn. kicks · tennis shoe · trainer · runner · takkie · rubber shoe · running shoe

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