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  • 111footsies — foot·sie || fÊŠtsɪ n. stealthy flirtatious touching with the feet (under a table); cooperation in a cunning or devious way; (Informal) foot (used by children or when speaking to young children)n. footsie, stealthy flirtatious touching with the… …

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  • 112peek — 1. verb 1) Hermione peeked from behind the curtains Syn: (have a) peep, have a peek, spy, take a sly/stealthy look, sneak a look/peek; informal take a gander 2) the deer s antlers peeked out from the trees Syn: appear (slowly/partly), show, come… …

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  • 113pussyfoot — /ˈpʊsifʊt / (say pooseefoot) verb (i) 1. to go with a soft, stealthy tread like that of a cat: *funny – Mae stomped but he pussy footed so you didn t hear a sound. –t.a.g. hungerford, 1983. 2. to act cautiously or timidly, as if afraid to commit… …

  • 114sneak — [c]/snik / (say sneek) verb (sneaked or, Colloquial, snuck, sneaking) –verb (i) 1. to go (about, along, in, off …

  • 115tiptoe — /ˈtɪptoʊ / (say tiptoh) noun 1. the tip or end of a toe. –verb (i) (tiptoed, tiptoeing) 2. to move or go on tiptoe, as with caution or stealth. –adjective 3. characterised by standing or walking on tiptoe. 4. straining upwards. 5. eagerly… …

  • 116λαθροπόδας — λαθροπόδᾱς , λαθροπόδης stealthy paced masc acc pl λαθροπόδᾱς , λαθροπόδης stealthy paced masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic) …

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  • 117furtive — [fʉr′tiv] adj. [Fr furtif < L furtivus, stolen, hidden < furtum, theft < fur, a thief < IE * bhōr (> Gr phōr) < base * bher , to BEAR1: hence, orig., one who carries off] done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder… …

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  • 118surreptitious — [sʉr΄əp tish′əs] adj. [ME surrepticious < L surrepticius < surreptus, pp. of surripere, to take away secretly < sub (see SUB ) + rapere, to seize (see RAPE1)] 1. done, gotten, made, etc. in a secret, stealthy way; clandestine 2. acting… …

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  • 119furtiveness — noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously • Syn: ↑sneakiness, ↑stealthiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑stealthy (for: ↑stealthiness), ↑sneaky ( …

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  • 120sneakiness — noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously • Syn: ↑furtiveness, ↑stealthiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑stealthy (for: ↑stealthiness), ↑sneaky, ↑furtive …

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